Cryptodira

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cryptodira

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	subfamily
gptkbp:commonName	hidden-necked turtles
gptkbp:containsFamily	gptkb:Cheloniidae gptkb:Carettochelyidae gptkb:Dermatemydidae gptkb:Kinosternidae gptkb:Platysternidae gptkb:Staurotypidae gptkb:Chelydridae gptkb:Emydidae gptkb:Testudinidae gptkb:Chelidae gptkb:Dermochelyidae gptkb:Geoemydidae gptkb:Trionychidae
gptkbp:contrastsWith	Pleurodira
gptkbp:describedBy	Cope, 1868
gptkbp:distinctiveFeature	ability to retract head straight back into shell pelvic girdle fused to shell vertical neck retraction
gptkbp:distribution	worldwide except Australia and Antarctica
gptkbp:fossilRange	Jurassic to present
gptkbp:habitat	gptkb:marine freshwater terrestrial
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cryptodira
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies	over 250
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Testudines
gptkbp:subfamily	gptkb:Testudines
gptkbp:taxonRank	subfamily
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cheloniidae gptkb:Chelonioidea gptkb:Chelydridae gptkb:Emydidae gptkb:Testudines gptkb:Testudinidae gptkb:Trionychidae
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6