- The
Cryptodira (Gr****:
hidden neck) are a
suborder of
Testudines that
includes most
living tortoises and turtles.
Cryptodira is
commonly called the "Hidden-Neck...
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tortoises is
generally hard, and like
other members of the
suborder Cryptodira, they
retract their necks and
heads directly backward into the s**** to...
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divided into two
major groups, the
Pleurodira (side
necked turtles) and
Cryptodira (hidden
necked turtles),
which differ in the way the head retracts. There...
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marine turtles, are
reptiles of the
order Testudines and of the
suborder Cryptodira. The
seven existing species of sea
turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill...
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Pleurodira are one of the two
living suborders of turtles, the
other being the
Cryptodira. The
division between these two
suborders represents a very deep evolutionary...
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treated as a
suborder sister to
Cryptodira, they were then
thought to be a very
primitive lineage inside the
Cryptodira according to the most
common use...
- (although
birds are
considered reptiles in the
cladistic sense).
Suborder Cryptodira Family Chelydridae –
common snapping turtles and
alligator snapping turtle...
- and body size
evolution of
extant and
extinct tortoises (Testudines:
Cryptodira: Pan-Testudinidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 652–683. doi:10.1111/cla.12227...
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Testudinoidea is a
superfamily within the
suborder Cryptodira of the
order Testudines. It
includes the pond
turtles (Family: Emydidae),
Asian turtles (Family:...
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representative of the Trionychia, and is
possibly the
oldest known member of
Cryptodira. In 2013, it was
proposed that this
animal and the
genus Yehguia are in...
