Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Synonym: Potamochelys Fitzinger 1843
Full reference: F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366
Parent taxon: Bothremydidae according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Carroll 1988 and Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydini, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Nigeremys gigantea
Type: Nigeremys gigantea
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Niger (1), Syria (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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