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 M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Gaffney et al. 2009, Gaffney et al. 2006, Noto et al. 2022 and Sullivan et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydini, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphyini, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Chedighaii barberi Chedighaii hutchisoni
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (13: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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