Cryptodira

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamiliae: Adocoidea – Chelonioidea – Chelydroidea – Macrobaenoidea – Plesiochelyoidea – Testudinoidea – Trionychoidea – Xinjiangchelyoidea

Overview of familiae

Adocoidea Cope 1870
- †Adocidae – †Nanhsiungchelyidae
Chelonioidea Oppel 1811
- †Protostegidae – Cheloniidae – Dermochelyidae
Chelydroidea Swainson, 1839
- Chelydridae – Dermatemydidae – Kinosternidae
Macrobaenoidea Sukhanov 1964.
- †Macrobaenidae – †Sinemydidae
Plesiochelyoidea Baur 1888
- †Eurysternidae – †Plesiochelyidae – †Thalassemydidae
Testudinoidea Batsch 1788
- †Lindholmemydidae – Platysternidae – Emydidae – Geoemydidae – Testudinidae
Trionychoidea Gray 1825
- Carettochelyidae – †Planetochelyidae – Trionychidae
Xinjiangchelyoidea Nessov in Kaznyshkin et al. 1990.
- †Bashuchelyidae – †Xinjiangchelyidae

Familiae incertae sedis: †Compsemydidae – †Pleurosternidae – †Baenidae – †Kallokibotionidae – †Sinochelyidae

Name

Cryptodira Cope 1868

References

Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2015. Turtles and tortoises of the world during the rise and global spread of humanity: first checklist and review of extinct Pleistocene and Holocene chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download
Danilov, I. G., Syromyatnikova, E.V. & Sukhanov, V.B. 2017. Подкласс Testudinata. In E.I. Vorobyeva, A.V. Lopatin, M.A. Shishkin (eds). Fossil vertebrates of Russia and adjacent countries. Part 4. Fossil Reptiles and Birds. 403pp.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Скрыташыйныя чарапахі
Deutsch: Halsberger-Schildkröten
English: Hidden-necked Turtles
日本語: 潜頸亜目
Nederlands: Halsbergers
polski: żółwie skrytoszyjne
русский: Скрытошейные черепахи
svenska: Gömhalssköldpaddor
ไทย: อันดับเต่า
Türkçe: Gizliboyunlular

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