Testudinoidea

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superfamily taxon

Testudinoidea is a large superfamily of turtles that includes many familiar land and freshwater species such as tortoises and pond turtles.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Emydidae 2

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf superfamily ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
characteristic includes both fully terrestrial and semi-aquatic species ⓘ
includes many familiar land and freshwater turtle species ⓘ
many members are omnivorous ⓘ
members typically have well-developed domed shells ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
commonName testudinoid turtles ⓘ
contains modern tortoises and many freshwater turtles ⓘ
distribution worldwide except Antarctica ⓘ
habitat freshwater habitats ⓘ
terrestrial habitats ⓘ
hasLivingMembers true ⓘ
higherTaxon Cryptodira ⓘ
Testudines ⓘ
includesCommonGroup Asian river turtles ⓘ
box turtles ⓘ
pond turtles ⓘ
tortoises ⓘ
includesTaxon Testudinoidea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emydidae

Geoemydidae ⓘ
Platysternidae ⓘ
Testudinidae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
order Testudines ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
suborder Cryptodira ⓘ
taxonRank superfamily ⓘ
usedIn zoological classification ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cryptodira → includesFamily → Testudinoidea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emydidae
Testudinoidea → includesTaxon → Testudinoidea self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emydidae
Aldabrachelys → superfamily → Testudinoidea ⓘ
Geochelone → superfamily → Testudinoidea ⓘ
Kinixys → superfamily → Testudinoidea ⓘ