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: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 956.
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, 410; 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: 615.
Cryptodira (Infraorder) Cope, 1868	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 956.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;14g;33s;13ss; †3g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Feb 2017	[2f;14g;33s;13ss]
2014	P.P. van Dijk et al.: 339	[2f;14g];32s;41[s]s;[13ss]
[1995-]1996	P. Uetz: 30 Dec 1996	[4f]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 616	[4f]
1982	W.E. Duellman: 956	4f;13g;48s