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Adocidae
Extinct family of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles. They are freshwater cryptodiran turtles and are mainly known from Cretaceous and Paleogene Asia and North America.[2]
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Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Adocidae | |
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Shell of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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