Turtle classification

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Turtles have been classified in different ways by different authors. While they were previously considered anapsids, they are now considered more derived.[1] Recent analyses of molecular evidence have strongly suggested that they belong in the clade Archosauromorpha (also known as Archelosauria).[2] Below are many of the possible classifications of Testudines and Testudinata:

Thomson and Shaffer, 2010

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Below is a cladogram of living testudines found by Thomson and Shaffer in 2010:[3]

Testudines 
Pleurodira

Sterli 2010

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Below is a cladogram found by Sterli in 2010 in a phylogenetic analysis of Pleurodira:[4]

Testudinata

Proganochelys quenstedti

Rhaptochelydia
Australochelyidae

Proterochersis robusta

Kayentachelys aprix

Condorchelys antiqua

Heckerochelys romani

Indochelys spatulata

Mongolochelys efremovi

Meiolaniidae

Chubutemys copelloi

Joyce, 2007

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Below is a cladogram found by Joyce in 2007 in his publication on turtle phylogeny:[5]

See also

Wikipedia category tree of Testudines taxonomy

References

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