Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Parent taxon: Pelomedusoides according to A. Pérez-García 2022
See also de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020, Gaffney et al. 2006, Georgalis et al. 2013, Menegazzo et al. 2015, Pérez-García and Chapman 2017, Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2013 and Pérez-García and Ortega 2018
Sister taxa: Apodichelys, Araripemydidae, Caririemys, Chrysemys montolivensis, Francemys, Itapecuruemys, Naiadochelys, Palaeaspis, Panpodocnemidae, Peiropemydidae, Pelomedusera, Podocnemidera, Podocnemidoidae, Sahonachelyidae, Taphrosphys dares
Subtaxa: Nostimochelone Podocnemidinura Podocnemoidae
Ecology: amphibious omnivore