Testudinoidea

Testudinoidea

Taxobox
name = Testudinoidea



image_width = 250px
image_caption = Aldabra Giant Tortoise ("Geochelone gigantea")of the family "Testudinidae".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
superfamilia = Testudinoidea
superfamilia_authority = Fitzinger, 1826
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision =
* Family Emydidae
* Family Geoemydidae
* Family Testudinidae
* Family Haichemydidae (extinct)
* Family Lindholmemydidae (extinct)
* Family Sinochelyidae (extinct)

Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the taxinomic suborder Cryptodira of Testudines. It includes the families of Pond Turtles/Box and Water Turtles (Emydidae), Asian River Turtles, Leaf and Roofed Turtles, Asian Box Turtles (Geoemydidae) and Tortoises (Testudinidae).


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