Testudines

See also: testudines

Translingual

Etymology

Latin plural of testudo (“tortoise”)

Proper noun

Testudines

A taxonomic order within the class Reptilia – the turtles, tortoises, and terrapins.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Amniota - clade; Reptilia - class

Hyponyms

(order): Cryptodira, Pleurodira - extant suborders
- Carettochelyidae, Chelidae, Cheloniidae, Chelydridae, Dermatemydidae, Dermochelyidae, Emydidae, Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae, Pelomedusidae, Platysternidae, Podocnemididae, Staurotypidae, Testudinidae, Trionychidae - families

References

Turtle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Testudines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Testudines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Testudines at World Register of Marine Species
Testudines on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Testudines at the Tree of Life Web Project
Testudines at Encyclopedia of Life
Testudines at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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