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: Bothremydini according to M. T. Antunes and A. Pérez-García 2024
See also Gaffney et al. 2009, Gaffney et al. 2006, Noto et al. 2022, Pérez-García 2017 and Pérez-Garcia 2020
Sister taxa: Foxemydina, Khargachelys, Palauchelys, Puentemys
Subtaxa: Akoranemys Algorachelus Araiochelys Bothremys Zolhafah
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Paleocene of Morocco (3)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), Jordan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Palestine (1), Portugal (2), Spain (3), United States (12: Alabama, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences