Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868

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

Cryptodira (Infraorder) Cope, 1868	Ref: S.P. Parker, 1982
Cryptodira (Order) Cope, 1868	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395. [implicit]
Eucryptodira (Parvorder) Gaffney, 1975	Ref: C.H. Ernst & R.W. Barbour, 1989

Historical positions

Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 339, 353; 330.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 395.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 616.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 28.
Cryptodira (Infraorder) Cope, 1868	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 957.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4f;46g;178s;122ss; ‡1g;10s;1ss; †1f;9g;17s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Feb 2017	[4f;46g;178s;122ss]
2014	P.P. van Dijk et al.: 339	[4f;46g];183[175]s;268[s]s;[122ss; ‡1g;8s;1ss]
[1995-]1996	P. Uetz: 30 Dec 1996	[3f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 616	[3f]
1982	W.E. Duellman: 957	3f;41g;123s