Reptilia - Testudines - Panchelidae

Full reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470

Parent taxon: Panchelidae according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2006 and Lapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001

Sister taxa: Linderochelys, Lomalatachelys, Palaeophrynops, Platemys guaranitica, Platemys patagonica, Salamanchelys

Subtaxa: Bonapartemys bajobarrealis

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos" (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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