Paracryptodira
| Paracryptodira | |
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| Ordosemys liaoxiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | Perichelydia |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira Gaffney, 1975 |
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Pleurosternoidea | |
Paracryptodira are an extinct group of turtles. Initially treated as suborder sister to the Cryptodira,[1] they are now known to be a very primitive lineage inside the Cryptodira according to the most common use of the latter taxon.[2]
Characteristics
Paracryptodira have reduced prefrontal exposure on the dorsal surface of their skulls, reduced fenestrae perilymphaticae, and secondarily reduced supraoccipital crests.[2] In the skull, the posterior foramen for the internal carotid canal is located midway along the basisphenoid-pterygoid suture.[1]
Subtaxa
The infraorder includes these taxa:[3]
References
- Gaffney, E.S. (1975): A phylogeny and classification of higher categories of turtles. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155(5): 387-436. PDF fulltext
- Joyce, W.G. (2007): Phylogenetic relationships of Mesozoic turtles. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 48(1): 3–102. DOI:10.3374/0079-032X(2007)48[3:PROMT]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract
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