Testudinoidea | |
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Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae in the Testudinoidea superfamily | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Polycryptodira |
Superfamily: |
Testudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826 |
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).