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Adocidae

Adocid turtles
Adocidae - Adocus punctatus.jpg
Shell of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Adocusia
Family: Adocidae
Cope, 1870
Type species
Emys beatus
Leidy, 1865
Subfamilies

Adocinae
Shachemydinae


Adocinae
Shachemydinae

The Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles.

Species of this genus are present in Oligocene of Kazakhstan, Paleocene of United States, and the Cretaceous of Canada, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Thailand, United States and Uzbekistan.



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