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Testudinoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Testudines

Clade
  
Polycryptodira

Lifespan
  
Pond slider: 30 years

Rank
  
Superfamily

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Scientific name
  
Testudinoidea

Higher classification
  
Polycryptodira

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Length
  
Homopus signatus: 6 – 8 cm

Mass
  
Pond slider: 240 g, African spurred tortoise: 43 kg, Homopus signatus: 95 – 160 g

Lower classifications
  
Tortoise, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Mauremys, Box turtle

Testudinoidea testudinidae


Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises (Family: Testudinidae).

References

Testudinoidea Wikipedia