†subfamily Protochelydrinae Gaffney 1975 (turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Parent taxon: Chelydridae according to J. H. Hutchison 2008
See also Hutchison and Pasch 2004
Sister taxa: Broilia, Broilia robusta, Chelydra, Chelydra argillarum, Chelydra strausi, Chelydrinae, Chelydrops, Chelydropsinae, Chelydropsis, Chelydropsis minax, Emys sansaniensis, Emysaurus meilheuratiae, Hydraspis oeningensis, Leptochelys, Leptochelys braneti, Macrochelys, Planiplastron, Testudo grandis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protochelydrinae in the database