Testudinoidea

Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Cryptodira of the order Testudines. It includes the pond turtles, Asian turtles, the monotypic big-headed turtle, and the tortoises.

Testudinoidea

D. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PantestudinoideaPBDB
Diet
omnivorePBDB, for Cryptodira
Life habit
aquaticPBDB, for Cryptodira
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
freshwaterPBDB, for Cryptodira

Time the record covers

At least 201 million years on record.

The record covers at least 201.4 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 205.7 Mya to 0 Mya.

Late Triassic — about 1 of 2957 occurrencesEarly Jurassic — about 0 of 2957 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 0 of 2957 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 0 of 2957 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 8 of 2957 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 75 of 2957 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 55 of 2957 occurrencesEocene — about 527 of 2957 occurrencesEoceneOligocene — about 168 of 2957 occurrencesMiocene — about 990 of 2957 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 284 of 2957 occurrencesPleistocene — about 738 of 2957 occurrences210–203 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences203–196 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences147–140 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences140–133 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences133–126 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences126–119 Mya — about 4 occurrences119–112 Mya — about 2 occurrences112–105 Mya — about 1 occurrence105–98 Mya — about 5 occurrences98–91 Mya — about 12 occurrences91–84 Mya — about 7 occurrences84–77 Mya — about 8 occurrences77–70 Mya — about 19 occurrences70–63 Mya — about 28 occurrences63–56 Mya — about 52 occurrences56–49 Mya — about 166 occurrences49–42 Mya — about 191 occurrences42–35 Mya — about 141 occurrences35–28 Mya — about 121 occurrences28–21 Mya — about 126 occurrences21–14 Mya — about 374 occurrences14–7.0 Mya — about 449 occurrences7.0–0 Mya — about 1249 occurrences201.4 Mya11.7 ka210 Mya0 Mya

2,957 occurrences of Testudinoidea on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,957 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

407 formations

Bridger — 42.37°N, 108.91°WBridger — 41.13°N, 110.13°WBridger — 41.80°N, 110.70°WBridger — 41.28°N, 110.23°WBridger — 41.22°N, 109.72°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.50°WBridger — 41.70°N, 109.00°WBridger — 41.07°N, 110.00°WBridger — 41.20°N, 110.10°WBridger — 41.08°N, 110.30°WBridger — 41.32°N, 110.38°WBridger — 41.04°N, 110.23°WUinta — 40.10°N, 109.23°WUinta — 40.15°N, 109.25°WUinta — 40.37°N, 109.64°WUinta — 40.04°N, 109.28°WUinta — 40.04°N, 109.66°WUinta — 40.16°N, 109.32°WUinta — 40.20°N, 109.90°WWillwood — 43.95°N, 107.57°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 109.00°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.53°WWillwood — 44.60°N, 108.32°WWillwood — 44.56°N, 108.70°WWillwood — 44.64°N, 108.86°WWillwood — 44.40°N, 108.72°WWillwood — 44.50°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 44.00°N, 108.00°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 107.58°WWillwood — 43.92°N, 108.66°WWillwood — 44.08°N, 108.22°WWillwood — 44.21°N, 108.48°WWillwood — 44.32°N, 108.76°WWillwood — 44.30°N, 108.20°WValentine — 42.78°N, 100.03°WValentine — 42.80°N, 100.80°WValentine — 42.79°N, 100.07°WValentine — 40.02°N, 98.53°WValentine — 42.60°N, 98.00°WValentine — 42.70°N, 100.00°WSan Jose — 35.70°N, 107.00°WSan Jose — 35.20°N, 106.60°WSan Jose — 36.50°N, 107.00°WCollon Cura — 42.11°S, 70.49°WCollon Cura — 42.22°S, 70.15°WCollon Cura — 42.58°S, 70.34°WCollon Cura — 42.56°S, 69.76°WCollon Cura — 42.22°S, 70.15°WCollon Cura — 42.57°S, 70.35°WCollon Cura — 42.54°S, 69.75°WCollon Cura — 42.68°S, 69.66°WCollon Cura — 42.73°S, 69.63°WCollon Cura — 42.84°S, 69.47°WCollon Cura — 42.86°S, 69.46°WUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.15°N, 9.88°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.44°N, 11.04°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.66°N, 10.23°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.09°N, 10.03°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.63°N, 11.80°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.57°N, 12.00°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 47.92°N, 10.59°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.16°N, 10.11°EBrule — 42.86°N, 103.57°WBrule — 43.90°N, 102.40°WBrule — 43.30°N, 102.50°WBrule — 42.83°N, 104.25°WBrule — 42.88°N, 104.12°WBrule — 43.03°N, 104.38°WBrule — 42.90°N, 104.15°WBrule — 43.20°N, 103.20°WBrule — 43.75°N, 102.50°WNemegt — 43.44°N, 100.37°ENemegt — 43.00°N, 99.00°ENemegt — 44.07°N, 102.67°ENemegt — 43.87°N, 100.01°ENemegt — 43.85°N, 100.14°ENemegt — 43.47°N, 99.83°ENemegt — 43.60°N, 100.50°ENemegt — 43.50°N, 101.05°ENemegt — 43.48°N, 100.36°ENemegt — 46.82°N, 94.15°ENemegt — 43.58°N, 107.69°ENemegt — 43.82°N, 99.98°ENemegt — 43.72°N, 99.93°ENemegt — 43.47°N, 100.62°EChadron — 42.86°N, 103.57°WChadron — 42.80°N, 103.40°WChadron — 42.40°N, 103.80°WChadron — 43.60°N, 102.45°WChadron — 43.92°N, 102.58°WChadron — 43.78°N, 102.70°WChadron — 45.47°N, 112.62°WChadron — 43.30°N, 102.50°WChadron — 42.79°N, 103.50°WPinjor — 30.73°N, 76.78°EHuayquerías — 33.92°S, 68.45°WHuayquerías — 33.93°S, 68.48°WHuayquerías — 33.91°S, 68.56°WHuayquerías — 33.98°S, 68.46°WHuayquerías — 33.96°S, 68.44°WHuayquerías — 33.81°S, 68.48°WKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.44°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.94°N, 36.25°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EWasatch — 42.37°N, 108.91°WWasatch — 41.80°N, 110.70°WWasatch — 41.20°N, 110.50°WWasatch — 42.07°N, 109.10°WWasatch — 41.64°N, 108.53°WWasatch — 41.70°N, 109.00°WVogel River Series — 3.24°S, 35.22°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EBaynunah — 23.10°N, 52.53°EBaynunah — 24.18°N, 52.57°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 53.01°EBaynunah — 24.08°N, 53.44°EBaynunah — 24.12°N, 52.78°EBaynunah — 24.11°N, 52.44°EBaynunah — 24.00°N, 52.33°ETudela — 42.07°N, 1.61°WTudela — 42.12°N, 1.51°WAlachua — 29.10°N, 82.30°WAlachua — 29.70°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.55°N, 82.52°WAlachua — 29.65°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 29.40°N, 82.60°WAlachua — 28.97°N, 82.42°WOgallala — 39.08°N, 99.75°WOgallala — 35.68°N, 99.60°WOgallala — 35.77°N, 99.84°WOgallala — 35.79°N, 99.61°WOgallala — 35.77°N, 99.66°WOgallala — 39.80°N, 99.35°WMessel — 49.93°N, 8.73°EMessel — 49.93°N, 8.75°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EGoliad — 28.60°N, 97.70°WGoliad — 28.34°N, 97.96°WGoliad — 28.49°N, 97.67°WKingsdown — 37.20°N, 100.30°WKingsdown — 37.05°N, 100.50°WCalvert — 38.65°N, 76.53°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WCalvert — 38.40°N, 76.50°WCalvert — 38.60°N, 76.51°WCalvert — 38.38°N, 76.99°W

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The named rock units Testudinoidea has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 383 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,569 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Testudinoidea and its relatives

Miocene

Where Testudinoidea and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

3,505 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,425 sites for Testudinoidea, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

972 references

Each of the 2,957 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 960 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Testudinoidea

Credit
D. Gordon E. Robertson
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Gray 1825