Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: G. Baur. 1893. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27(319):672

Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to G. E. Knauss et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Acichelyidae, Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Chelydra, Chelyzoon, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Durocryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Neusticemys, Panchelonioidea, Pantrionychia, Planetochelys, Platysternoidea, Selmacryptodira, Sichuanchelys, Testudinidae, Thalassemydidae, Toxochelyidae, Trionychia, Trionychoidea, Xinjiangchelys

Subtaxa: Chelydridae, Kinosternidae, Kinosternoidea

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore