†unranked clade Selmacryptodira Gaffney et al. (turtle)
Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012
See also Gaffney and Meylan 1992, Milner 2004 and Sullivan et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Adocusia, Carettochelyoidea, Chelonemydidae, Chelonioidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Dermochelyoidea, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Nanhsiungchelyidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Selmacryptodira in the database