Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Carettochelyoidea, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelonioidea, Chelydridae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Nanhsiungchelyidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae
Subtaxa: Chelone regularis Pygmaeochelys Pygmaeochelys michelobana
Type: Dermochelys
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), the Czech Republic (3)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences