Definition of Order testudinata

1. Noun. Tortoises and turtles.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Testudinata

order Sphaeriales
order Sphaerocarpales
order Sphagnales
order Sphenisciformes
order Spirochaetales
order Squamata
order Stegocephalia
order Stereospondyli
order Stomatopoda
order Strigiformes
order Struthioniformes
order Synentognathi
order Taxales
order Temnospondyli
order Testacea
order Testudinata
order Testudines
order Tetraodontiformes
order Thecodontia
order Therapsida
order Thymelaeales
order Thysanoptera
order Thysanura
order Tinamiformes
order Torpediniformes
order Tremellales
order Trichoptera
order Trogoniformes
order Tuberales
order Tubulidentata

Literary usage of Order testudinata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"order testudinata auct. ex Shaw 1802. Suborder Pleurodira auct. ex Duméril and Bibron 1835. Suborder Cryptodira auct. ex Duméril and Bibron 1835. ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"In part ii. of his first volume, above referred to, he divides the order testudinata into the suborders : 1, ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins, members of the reptilian order Testudinata or Che- Ionia (qv). To all of the marine and some of the fresh-water species, ..."

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