Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae
Parent taxon: Pelomedusidae according to B. Adrian et al. 2025
See also Auffenberg 1981, Cadena et al. 2012, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2006, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Zangerl 1948
Sister taxa: Duerochelys, Latisternon, Pelomedusinae, Pelusiinae
Subtaxa: Pelusios adansonii Pelusios awashi 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 Ethiopia (3), Malawi (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (4)
• Miocene of Kenya (7)
Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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