Pelomedusoidea

Podocnemis unifilis, a species of superfamilia Pelomedusoidea.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Pelomedusoidea
Familiae: †Araripemydidae – †Bothremydidae – †Dortokidae – Pelomedusidae – †Peiropemydidae – Podocnemididae

Name

Pelomedusoidea Lindholm, 1929

References

• Carvalho, A.R. de A., Ghilardi, A.M. & Barreto, A.M.F. 2016. A new side-neck turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) Maria Farinha Formation, Paraíba Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4126(4): 491–513. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.3 Reference page. 
• Gaffney, E.S., Krause, D.W. & Zalmout, I.S. 2009. Kinkonychelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. American Museum novitates (3662) DOI: 10.1206/672.1
• Romano, P.S.R. 2016. The tale of the headless turtle. Zootaxa 4200(2): 327–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.7. Reference page.