Testudinoidea

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Testudinoidea
Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae
in the Testudinoidea superfamily
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade:
Durocryptodira
Clade: Pantestudinoidea
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Fitzinger, 1826[1]
Families

Testudinoidea is a

Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises
(Family: Testudinidae).

Systematics

A 2021 study found the clade to be divided into two extant groups:

Platysternidae. The extinct Lindholmemydidae, formerly classified in Testudinoidea, may fall outside the crown group of Testudinoidea, although there is not yet enough evidence for this.[2]

References

  1. ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.178
  2. ISSN 1664-2384
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