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 E. A. Cadena et al. 2024
See also Antunes and Pérez-García 2024, Gaffney et al. 2009, Gaffney et al. 2006, Joyce et al. 2021, López-Conde et al. 2021, Noto et al. 2022, Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-Garcia 2020, Pérez-García 2020, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2018 and Pérez-García et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Bothremydina Foxemydina Khargachelys Palauchelys Puentemys
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Colombia (5), Morocco (3)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2), France (20), Hungary (1), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), Palestinian Territory (1), Portugal (2), Spain (17), United States (12: Alabama, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah)
Total: 70 collections including 75 occurrences