Kinosternoidea
Superfamily of turtles
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Kinosternoidea is a superfamily of aquatic turtles, which includes two families: Dermatemydidae, and Kinosternidae.
| Kinosternoidea | |
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| Common musk turtle, a species of the superfamily Kinosternoidea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Chelydroidea |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea Joyce, Parham, and Gauthier 2004[1] |
| Families | |
Kinosternoids are cryptodires, turtles whose necks are able to retract within their shell. Molecular studies suggest they are likely the sister group to the snapping turtles of the family Chelydridae.[2] They are also omnivorous, oviparous, phosphatic, and actively mobile.[3]
Classification
- Family Dermatemydidae[1]
- Genus Dermatemys[1]
- Genus Baptemys[4]
- Family Kinosternidae[1]
- Genus Hoplochelys[4]
- Subfamily Staurotypinae[1]
- Genus Claudius[1]
- Genus Staurotypus[1]
- Subfamily Kinosterninae[1]
- Genus Kinosternon[1]
- Genus Sternotherus[1]
Past classification
The entirely unrelated big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) was previously included in classification.[4]
