Pleurodira
E377925
Pleurodira is a suborder of turtles characterized by their distinctive sideways neck retraction and primarily freshwater, Southern Hemisphere distribution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pleurodira canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3653620 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pleurodira Context triple: [Cryptodira, sisterGroup, Pleurodira]
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A.
Crocodyliformes
Crocodyliformes is a diverse group of archosaurian reptiles that includes modern crocodiles, alligators, and their extinct relatives, known from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil record.
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B.
Diapsida
Diapsida is a major clade of reptiles characterized by two temporal skull openings, encompassing groups such as lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and birds.
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C.
Platysternidae
Platysternidae is a small family of freshwater turtles best known for the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum), a species with an unusually large head and long tail found in fast-flowing streams of Southeast Asia.
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D.
Crocodilia
Crocodilia is an order of large, semi-aquatic, predatory reptiles that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials.
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E.
Somphospondyli
Somphospondyli is a major group of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest known land animals, characterized by elongated necks and widespread distribution during the Cretaceous Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pleurodira Target entity description: Pleurodira is a suborder of turtles characterized by their distinctive sideways neck retraction and primarily freshwater, Southern Hemisphere distribution.
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A.
Crocodyliformes
Crocodyliformes is a diverse group of archosaurian reptiles that includes modern crocodiles, alligators, and their extinct relatives, known from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil record.
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B.
Diapsida
Diapsida is a major clade of reptiles characterized by two temporal skull openings, encompassing groups such as lizards, snakes, crocodilians, and birds.
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C.
Platysternidae
Platysternidae is a small family of freshwater turtles best known for the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum), a species with an unusually large head and long tail found in fast-flowing streams of Southeast Asia.
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D.
Crocodilia
Crocodilia is an order of large, semi-aquatic, predatory reptiles that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials.
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E.
Somphospondyli
Somphospondyli is a major group of titanosauriform sauropod dinosaurs that includes many of the largest known land animals, characterized by elongated necks and widespread distribution during the Cretaceous Period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxonomic group
ⓘ
turtle suborder ⓘ |
| aquaticAdaptation | strong swimming ability ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | dorsoventrally flattened shell in many species ⓘ |
| characteristic |
cannot retract head straight back into shell
ⓘ
sideways neck retraction ⓘ |
| clade | Testudinata ⓘ |
| class | Reptilia ⓘ |
| commonName | side-necked turtles ⓘ |
| diet |
carnivorous
ⓘ
omnivorous ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | Cryptodira ⓘ |
| distribution | primarily Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| eggLayingSite | terrestrial nests ⓘ |
| extantOrExtinct | both extant and extinct taxa ⓘ |
| fossilRecord | Mesozoic ⓘ |
| includesFamily |
Chelidae
ⓘ
Pelomedusidae ⓘ Podocnemididae ⓘ |
| infraclass | Lepidosauromorpha ⓘ |
| jawCovering | keratinous beak ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| limbType | webbed feet ⓘ |
| neckRetractionMode | lateral ⓘ |
| neckVertebraeArticulation | adapted for lateral bending ⓘ |
| notableRegion |
Africa
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Australia ⓘ Madagascar ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Testudines ⓘ |
| pelvicGirdleAttachment | fused to shell ⓘ |
| phylum | Chordata ⓘ |
| reproduction | oviparous ⓘ |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Cope, 1864 (usage for suborder rank) ⓘ |
| shellType | bony shell ⓘ |
| subclass | Diapsida ⓘ |
| taxonRank | suborder ⓘ |
| typicalHabitat |
freshwater
ⓘ
lakes ⓘ rivers ⓘ swamps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pleurodira Description of subject: Pleurodira is a suborder of turtles characterized by their distinctive sideways neck retraction and primarily freshwater, Southern Hemisphere distribution.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.