Turtle classification
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Turtles have been classified in different ways by different authors. While they were previously considered anapsids, they are now considered more derived.[1] Recent analyses of molecular evidence have strongly suggested that they belong in the clade Archosauromorpha (also known as Archelosauria).[2] Below are many of the possible classifications of Testudines and Testudinata:
Below is a cladogram of living testudines found by Thomson and Shaffer in 2010:[3]
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Sterli 2010
Below is a cladogram found by Sterli in 2010 in a phylogenetic analysis of Pleurodira:[4]
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