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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genera: Batagur – Cuora – †

CuvierichelysCyclemysGeoclemysGeoemydaHardellaHeosemysLeucocephalonMalayemysMauremysMelanochelysMoreniaNotochelysOrlitiaPangshuraSacaliaSiebenrockiellaVijayachelys

Name

Geomydinae Theobald 1868:9
References

Theobald, W. Jr. 1868. Catalogue of Reptiles in the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Journal of the Asiatic Society, Extra Number, 88 pp.
Pérez García A., Smith R. and Smith T., 2016. Anatomy and variability of Cuvierichelys parisiensis, a geoemydid turtle that crosses the Eocene-Oligocene boundary in Belgium. Journal of Iberian Geology. 42. 161-170. DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2016.v42.n2.51368.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5(7):000.329–479 Reference page.

The Geoemydinae are a subfamily of turtles consisting of 60 subspecies and 76 taxa.[1]

These genera are placed here:

Batagur (six species, including part of Kachuga)
Chinemys (three species) (sometimes included in Mauremys)
Cuora (10-11 species) (including Cistoclemmys)
Cyclemys (seven species)
Geoemyda (two species)
Hardella (monotypic)
Heosemys (formerly in Geoemyda)
Hieremys (formerly in Geoemyda, often included in Heosemys)
Leucocephalon (monotypic) (formerly in Geoemyda and Heosemys)
Malayemys (two species)
Mauremys (including Annamemys, Cathaiemys and Emmenia)
Melanochelys
Morenia (two species)
Notochelys
Ocadia (monotypic), historic genera included in Mauremys
Orlitia (monotypic)
Pangshura (four species)
Pyxidea (monotypic) (often included in Cuora)
Sacalia (two species)
Siebenrockiella (two species) (formerly in Geoemyda and Heosemys, includes Panayanemys)
Vijayachelys (monotypic) (formerly in Geoemyda and Heosemys)

References

Rhodin 2012, p. 000.250

Bibliography

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2012-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2012 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012. ISBN 978-0965354097. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-04.
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