Over the last 25 years, researchers, mostly paleontologists, have developed a system
of rank-free, phylogenetically defined names for the primary clades of turtles. As
these names are not considered established by the PhyloCode, the newly created nomenclatural
system that governs the naming of clades, we take the opportunity to convert the vast
majority of previously defined clade names for extinct and extant turtles into this
new nomenclatural framework. Some previously defined names are converted with minor
adjustments. We also define a number of new clade names to close apparent nomenclatural
gaps. In total, we establish 113 clade names, of which 79 had already received phylogenetic
definitions and 34 are new.
