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Chelydroidea  Gray, 1831
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1233068

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Superfamily  
  Synonym(s): Kinosternoidea Agassiz, 1857
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyChelydroidea Gray, 1831  
    Direct Children:  
                                  FamilyChelydridae Gray, 1831 – Snapping Turtles 
                                  FamilyDermatemydidae Gray, 1870 – River Turtles 
                                  FamilyKinosternidae Agassiz, 1857 – Musk Turtles, Mud Turtles 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A. G. J., J. Iverson, R. Bour, U. Fritz, A. Georges, et al.]   
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status (9th ed.)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 8   
  Page(s): x + 472   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Chelydroidea   
       

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