Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

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 (Suborder) Cope, 1868

Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 587.

Historical positions

Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 339, 391; 330.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: 1998
Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: P. Uetz, [1995-]1996: 30 Dec 1996.
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: 1995
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 301.
Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 616).
Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985: [1], 28.
Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: W.E. Duellman, 1982: 957.
Testudinoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Cryptodira (Suborder) Cope, 1868	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1971): 587.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16g;54s;30ss; ‡1g;10s;1ss; †6g;12s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 8 Feb 2017	[16g;54s;30ss]
2016	P. Uetz et al.: 16 Aug 2016	[16g;59[54]s; ‡5s]
2014	P.P. van Dijk et al.: 339	[16g];60[52]s;83[s]s;[30ss; ‡1g;8s;1ss]
[1995-]2000	P. Uetz	48s
1982	W.E. Duellman: 957	10g;39s