Testudinata
| Testudinata Temporal range: Late Triassic – Holocene, Possible Early and Middle Triassic records in the form of fossil tracks | |
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| Skeleton of Proganochelys quenstedti, American Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata Klein, 1760 |
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Testudinata is the group of all tetrapods with a true turtle shell. It includes both modern turtles (Testudines) and many of their extinct, shelled relatives (stem-turtles), though excluding Odontochelys and Eorhynchochelys, which are placed in the more inclusive Pantestudines.