Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Synonym: Calemys Agassiz 1857
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classi cation. Part II. North American Testudinata. 1-452
Parent taxon: Emydidae according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Holman 2002, Holman and Fritz 2001 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Batagurinae, Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene
Subtaxa: Glyptemys insculpta Glyptemys muhlenbergii Glyptemys valentinensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Tennessee collections)
• Miocene of United States (7: Nebraska)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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