Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Testudines (Order) Wagler, 1830

Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 339.

Alternative positions

Casichelydia ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395.
Casichelydia (Order) Gaffney, 1975	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1].
Chelonia (Order) Brongniart, 1800	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.

Historical positions

Testudines (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 339; 330.
Casichelydia ([unranked])	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395, box 8.8.
Testudines (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: 1998
Chelonia (Order) Brongniart, 1800	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Testudines (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: 1995
Chelonia (Order) Brongniart, 1800	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 615.
Casichelydia (Order) Gaffney, 1975	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 23.
Chelonia (Order) Brongniart, 1800	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Testudines (Order) Wagler, 1830	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 585.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;73g;250s;152ss; ‡1g;10s;2ss; †8f;28g;23s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Feb 2017	[11f;73g;250s;152ss]
2014	P.P. van Dijk et al.: 339	[11f;73g];253[245]s;359[s]s;[152ss; ‡1g;8s;2ss]
[1995-]1996	P. Uetz: 30 Dec 1996	[9f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 616	[9f; †8f]
1973 (1971)	B. Grzimek et al.: 589	[10f]