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Chapter Outline- Description of Sauropsida
- Classification of Sauropsida
- Sphenodontia
- Squamata
- Serpentes
- Testudines
- Crocodylia
- Paleo Sauropsida
NCBI Tree | Paleo Tree
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The order Testudines contains all turtles. It is split into two suborders: Pleurodira, the "side-necked turtles", and Cryptodira, "hidden-necked turtles". Cryptodira is further split into three superfamilies: Chelonioidea, Trionychoidea and Testudinoidea.- Pleurodira - Side-Necked Turtles
- Cryptodira
- Chelonioidea - Sea Turtles
- Trionychoidea - Soft-Shelled Turtles, Musk Turtles
- Testudinoidea - Tortoises, Terrapins, Snapping Turtles
- >>> Paleo Tree - Testudinata - Paracryptodira, Non-Testudines Turtles
Resources:- Turtle and Tortoise - San Diego Zoo
- San Diego Zoo - Spurred Tortoise, Desert Tortoise, Galapagos Tortoise
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| PLEURODIRA - SIDE-NECKED TURTLES
| Spot-Bellied Sideneck Turtle (Phrynops hilarii) |  |
TEXT - FAMILY CHELIDAE - SNAKE-NECKED TURTLES
- Spot-Bellied Sideneck Turtle (Phrynops hilarii) - EOL- Omaha Zoo
- Snake-Necked Turtle (Chelodina spp.) - EOL- SCZ, Omaha Zoo, San Diego Zoo
- Saw-Shelled Snapping Turtle (Elseya latisternum) - EOL- SCZ
- Australian Big-Headed Turtle (Emydura australis) - EOL- SCZ
- Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle (Emydura subglobosa) - EOL- Shedd Aquarium, SCZ
- FAMILY PELOMEDUSIDAE
- Helmeted Turtles (Pelomedusa) - EOL- Omaha Zoo, San Diego Zoo
- FAMILY PODOCNEMIDIDAE
| CHELONIOIDEA - SEA TURTLES
| Sea Turtle |  |
TEXT - FAMILY CHELONIIDAE - SEA TURTLES
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) - EOL- Florida Keys
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) - EOL- Florida Keys, Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) - EOL- Florida Keys
- Toxochelys moorevillensis+ - EOLFLKR- Field
- FAMILY DERMOCHELYIDAE
- Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) - EOL- Florida Keys
| TRIONYCHOIDEA
| Nile Softshell Turtle (Trionyx triunguis) |  |
TEXT - FAMILY CARETTOCHELYIDAE
- Pig-Nosed Turtles (Carettochelys spp.) - EOL- SCZ, Omaha Zoo, Baltimore Aquarium
- FAMILY DERMATEMYDIDAE
- Central American River Turtle (Dermatemys spp.) - EOL- Philadelphia Zoo
- FAMILY KINOSTERNIDAE
- Mud and Musk Turtles (Kinosternon spp.) - EOL- SCZ, Everglades
- Musk Turtles (Sternotherus) - EOL- SCZ
- FAMILY TRIONYCHIDAE
- Softshelled Turtles (Apalone spp.) - EOL- SCZ, Shedd Aquarium, Baltimore Aquarium
- Nile Softshell Turtle (Trionyx triunguis) - EOL- Omaha Zoo
| TESTUDINOIDEA
| Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) |  |
TEXT - FAMILY CHELYDRIDAE - SNAPPING TURTLES
- Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) - EOL- Greenwood County, Kansas, SCZ, Omaha Zoo, San Diego Zoo
- Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) - EOL- SCZ
- Vietnamese Big-Headed Turtle (Platysternon megacephalum shiui) - EOL- SCZ
- FAMILY EMYDIDAE - TERRAPINS
- Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) - EOL- Adirondack Wild Center, Omaha Zoo, SCZ
- Painted Turtles (Chrysemys spp.) - EOL- SCZ, Baltimore Aquarium
- Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) - EOL- SCZ
- Ringed Sawback Turtle (Graptemys oculifera) - EOL- Shedd Aquarium
- Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) - EOL
- Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) - EOL- SCZ
- Three-Toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) - EOL- SCZ
- Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) -NOAHEOL- Greenwood County, Kansas, SCZ, Sonoran Desert
- Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) - EOL- SCZ
- FAMILY GEOEMYDIDAE
- Pond Turtles (Chinemys spp.) - EOL- Cleveland Zoo
- Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) - EOL- SCZ
- Forest Turtles (Heosemys spp.) - EOL- SCZ
- Asian Yellow Pond Turtle (Mauremys mutica) - EOL- SCZ
- Chinese Stripe-Necked Turtle (Ocadia sinensis) - EOL- SCZ
- FAMILY TESTUDINIDAE - TORTOISES
- Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) - EOL- SCZ
- Red-Footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonaria) - EOL- SCZ, Topeka Zoo
- Yellow-Footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata) - EOL- SCZ
- Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans) - EOL- SCZ
- Aldabra Tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) - EOL- SCZ, KC Zoo
- African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) - EOL- KC Zoo
- Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) - EOL- Joshua Tree NP, Sonoran Desert
- Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) - EOL- Everglades
- African Pancake Tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) - EOL- SCZ, Buffalo Zoo
- Madagascar Spider Tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) - EOL- SCZ
- Egyptian Tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni) - EOL- SCZ
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