Scientific name Testudinata | Phylum Chordata | |
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Clade TestudinataKlein, 1760 Similar Reptile, Sea turtle, Modern sea turtles, Pantestudines, Meiolaniidae |
Turtle species tartaruga florian polis testudinata cheloniidae
Testudinata is the group of all tetrapods with a true turtle shell. It includes both modern turtles (Testudines) and many of their extinct, shelled relatives (stem-turtles). Though it was first coined as the group containing turtles by Klein in 1760, it was first defined in the modern sense by Joyce and colleagues in 2004. Testudinata does not include the primitive stem-turtle Odontochelys, which only had the bottom half of a shell.
Contents
- Turtle species tartaruga florian polis testudinata cheloniidae
- Schildkr te testudinata frisst melone turtle eating a melon
- Classification
- References
Schildkr te testudinata frisst melone turtle eating a melon
Classification
The cladogram below follows an analysis by Jérémy Anquetin in 2011.
References
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