Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
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: Bothremydidae according to A. Pérez-Garcia 2020
See also Gaffney et al. 2006, Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2018 and Pérez-García et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydini, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Abalakemys
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Indamane village (Cretaceous of Niger)