Testudinoidea

Testudinoidea
	Midland painted turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) a species of the family Emydidae in the Testudinoidea superfamily
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Clade:	Polycryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea; Fitzinger, 1826[1]
Type species
	Testudo graeca; Linnaeus, 1758
Families
	†Wutuchelys; Emydidae; Geoemydidae; †Haichemydidae; †Lindholmemydidae; Platysternidae; †Sinochelyidae; Testudinidae;

Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles (Family: Emydidae), Asian turtles (Family: Geoemydidae), the monotypic big-headed turtle (Family: Platysternidae), and the tortoises (Family: Testudinidae).

References

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" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.

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