Testudinoidea
Appearance
Testudinoidea | |
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Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae in the Testudinoidea superfamily | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Pantestudinoidea |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
Type species | |
Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758
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Families | |
Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises (Family: Testudinidae).
References
- ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.178
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.