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Monotypic taxon: Subclass Testudinata Oppel, 1811 - testudinates (reptile)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia

Current position

Pan-Testudines (Clade) Joyce, Parham & Gauthier 2004 [Joyce, Parham, Anquetin, Claude, Danilov, Iverson, Kear, Lyson, Rabi & Sterli 2020] Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 52); Joyce et al., 2021: fig. 1d. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 52).

Historical positions

Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 52).
Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: D. Lambert & the Diagram Group, 1991(1997): 98; 16.
Reptilia (Class) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 615.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1o;14f;93g;343s;171ss; ‡1g;10s;3ss; †21f;35g;27s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 6 Apr 2017 [1o;14f;93g;343s;171ss]
2015b M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 52) [1o]
1988 R.L. Carroll: 616 [1o;11f; †16f]
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