Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864

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

Pleurodira (Megaorder) Cope, 1864	Ref: C.H. Ernst & R.W. Barbour, 1989
Pleurodira (Infraorder) Cope, 1864	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 956.

Historical positions

Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 339, 421; 330.
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: 1998
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: 1995
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 615.
Pleurodira (Infraorder) Cope, 1864	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 956.
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pleurodira (Suborder) Cope, 1864	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 589.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	15g;58s;11ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Oct 2016	[15g;58s;11ss]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[15g;58s]
2014	P.P. van Dijk et al.: 339	[15g];56s;63[s]s;[11ss]
[1995-]2000	P. Uetz	48s
1982	W.E. Duellman: 956	10g;31[26]s