Testudines

Ordo Testudines Linnaeus, 1758

• Subordo Pleurodira Cope, 1864
  • Familia †Apertotemporalidae Kühne, 1937
  • Familia †Platychelyidae Brän, 1965 sensu Gaffney, Tong & Buffetaut, 2006
  • Familia †Dortokidae Lapparent de Broin & Murelaga, 1996
  • Familia †Notoemyidae Fernandez & Fuente, 1994
  • Superfamilia Cheloides Gray, 1825 sensu Gaffney, Tong & Buffetaut, 2006
    • Familia Chelidae Gray, 1825
  • Superfamilia Pelomedusoides Cope, 1868 sensu Broin 1988
    • Familia †Araripemydidae Price, 1973
    • Familia Pelomedusidae
    • Familia †Euraxemydidae Gaffney, Tong & Buffetaut, 2006
    • Familia †Bothremydidae Baur, 1891
    • Familia Podocnemididae Cope, 1868
• Subordo Cryptodira Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Infraordo Eucryptodira Gaffney, 1975a sensu Gaffney, 1984
    • Familia †Macrobaenidae Sukhanov 1964
    • Familia †Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886
    • Familia †Plesiochelyidae Baur, 1888
    • Familia †Xinjiangchelyidae Nesov, 1990
    • Cladus Centrocryptodira
      • Familia †Osteopygidae Zangerl, 1953
      • Familia †Sinemydidae Yeh, 1963
    • Cladus Polycryptodira Gaffney, 1988
      • Cladus Pantrionychia
        • Familia †Adocidae
        • Superfamilia Trionychoidea Gray, 1870
          • Familia Carettochelyidae Boulenger, 1887
          • Familia Trionychidae Fitzinger, 1826
        • Superfamilia Testudinoidea Baur, 1893
          • Familia †Haichemydidae Sukhanov & Narmandakh, 2006
          • Familia †Lindholmemydidae Chkhikvadze, 1970
          • Familia †Sinochelyidae Chkhikvadze, 1970
          • Familia Emydidae (Rafinesque, 1815)
          • Familia Geoemydidae Theobald, 1868
          • Familia Testudinidae Batsch, 1788
        • Cladus Americhelydia Crawford et al., 2014
          • Familia Chelydridae Gray, 1831
          • Superfamilis Kinosternoidea Joyce, Parham, and Gauthier 2004
            • Familia Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870
            • Familia Kinosternidae Agassiz, 1857
          • Superfamilia Chelonioidea Bauer, 1893
            • Familia †Toxochelyidae Baur, 1895
            • Familia Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811
            • Familia†Thalassemydidae
            • Familia Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843
            • Familia †Protostegidae Cope, 1872
• Cladus †Paracryptodira
  • Familia †Pleurosternidae Cope, 1868
  • Familia †Compsemyidae
  • Familia †Baenidae Cope, 1882

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