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Testudinoidea
Superfamily of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
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Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae in the Testudinoidea superfamily | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Durocryptodira |
Clade: | Pantestudinoidea |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea Fitzinger, 1826[1] |
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