Full reference: G. Baur. 1893. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27(319):672
Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to G. E. Knauss et al. 2011
See also Baur 1893
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, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae
Subtaxa: Chelydridae Panchelydridae Pankinosternoidea
Ecology: aquatic omnivore