Kinosternoidea is a superfamily of aquatic turtles, which includes two families: Dermatemydidae, and Kinosternidae.
| Kinosternoidea | |
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| Common musk turtle, a species of the superfamily Kinosternoidea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Americhelydia |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea Joyce, Parham, and Gauthier 2004[1] |
| Families | |
Kinosternoids are cryptodires, turtles whose necks are able to retract within their shell. Molecular studies suggest they are likely the sister group to the snapping turtles of the family Chelydridae.[2] They are also omnivorous, oviparous, phosphatic, and actively mobile.[3]
Classification edit
- Family Dermatemydidae[1]
- Genus Dermatemys[1]
- Genus Baptemys[4]
- Family Kinosternidae[1]
- Genus Hoplochelys[4]
- Subfamily Staurotypinae[1]
- Genus Claudius[1]
- Genus Staurotypus[1]
- Subfamily Kinosterninae[1]
- Genus Kinosternon[1]
- Genus Sternotherus[1]
Past classification edit
The entirely unrelated big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) was previously included in classification.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rhodin 2011, pp. 000.171-176
- ^ Crawford, Nicholas G.; Parham, James F.; Sellas, Anna B.; Faircloth, Brant C.; Glenn, Travis C.; Papenfuss, Theodore J.; Henderson, James B.; Hansen, Madison H.; Simison, W. Brian (2015). "A phylogenomic analysis of turtles". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 250–257. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.10.021. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25450099.
- ^ "Kinosternoidea". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
- ^ a b c Walter G. Joyce (2007) "Phylogenetic Relationships of Mesozoic Turtles Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine" Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
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