†family Araripemydidae Price 1973 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Araripemydidae

Parent taxon: Pelomedusoides according to A. Pérez-García 2018

See also Gaffney et al. 2006 and Sereno and ElShafie 2013

Sister taxa: Apodichelys, Caririemys, Chrysemys montolivensis, Francemys, Itapecuruemys, Naiadochelys, Palaeaspis, Panpodocnemidae, Peiropemydidae, Pelomedusera, Podocnemidera, Podocnemidoidae, Podocnemidoidea, Sahonachelyidae, Taphrosphys dares

Subtaxa: Araripemys Laganemys Taquetochelys

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Brazil (5), Morocco (1), Niger (4)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)

Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences

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