| Kinosternoidea | |
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| Common musk turtle a species of the Kinosternoidea superfamily | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Polycryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea Joyce, Parham, and Gauthier 2004[1] |
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Kinosternoidea is a superfamily of aquatic turtles, which included two families: Dermatemydidae, and Kinosternidae.
These are nowadays usually considered independent families of the Trionychia, among which they represent very plesiomorphic members which share a few peculiarly advanced traits. These apomorphies coupled with the overall "primitiveness" was what mislead scientists as to their actual relationships.
Classification[edit]
Main article: Turtle classification
- Dermatemydidae family[1]
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- Dermatemys genus[1]
- Baptemys genus[2]
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- Kinosternidae family[1]
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- Hoplochelys genus[2]
- Staurotypinae subfamily[1]
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- Claudius genus[1]
- Staurotypus genus[1]
- Kinosterninae subfamily[1]
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- Kinosternon genus[1]
- Sternotherus genus[1]
Past classification[edit]
The entirely unrelated big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) was previously included in classification.[2]
References[edit]
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
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