Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 [paraphyletic] - reptiles
             Subclass Testudinata Oppel, 1811 [monotypic] - testudinates
               Order Chelonia Brongniart, 1800 see Class Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
                 Suborder Pleurodira Cope, 1864
                   Family Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868 - African mud terrapins