Testudinata

Translingual

Etymology

Testudo +‎ -ata

Proper noun

Testudinata

1. A taxonomic subclass within the class Reptilia – the extant turtles (order Testudines) and numerous extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class

Hyponyms

• (subclass): Testudines – sole extant order

References

• Testudinata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Testudines on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Testudines on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Testudines at World Register of Marine Species
• Testudines at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Testudines at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Testudinata”, in Paleobiology Database, 2025
• 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI