†unranked clade Minipleurodira Gaffney et al. 2006 (sideneck turtle)
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Parent taxon: Pleurodira according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Amphichelydidae, Bothremydidae, Chelidae, Eupleurodira, Megapleurodira, Notoemydidae, Panchelidae, Panpelomedusoides, Pelomedusoides, Platychelira, Podocnemididae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Minipleurodira in the database