Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Parent taxon: Pelomedusidae according to P. P. van Dijk et al. 2014
See also Auffenberg 1981, Cadena et al. 2012, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2006 and Zangerl 1948
Sister taxa: Duerochelys, Latisternon, Pelomedusinae, Pelusiinae
Subtaxa: Pelusios adansonii Pelusios bechuanicus Pelusios broadleyi Pelusios carinatus Pelusios castaneus Pelusios castanoides Pelusios chapini Pelusios cupulatta Pelusios gabonensis Pelusios marani Pelusios nanus Pelusios niger Pelusios rhodesianus Pelusios rusingae Pelusios sinuatus Pelusios subniger Pelusios upembae Pelusios williamsi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Eritrea (2 collections), Mali (2), Niger (3), Tanzania (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Malawi (1), Uganda (2)
• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Malawi (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (4)
• Miocene of Kenya (7)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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