Parent taxon: Pleurodira according to I. J. Maniel et al. 2021
See also Cadena 2020, Cadena et al. 2012, Cadena et al. 2012, de Araujo Carvalho et al. 2016, de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020, Ferreira et al. 2018, Ferreira et al. 2015, Gaffney et al. 2006, Georgalis et al. 2020, Hutchison et al. 2004, Joyce et al. 2004, López-Conde et al. 2021, Menegazzo et al. 2015, Oliveira and Kellner 2007, Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-García 2020, Pérez-Garcia 2020, Pérez-García and Chapman 2017, Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2018 and Weems and Knight 2013
Sister taxa: Amphichelydidae, Chelidae, Eupleurodira, Megapleurodira, Minipleurodira, Notoemydidae, Panchelidae, Panpelomedusoides, Platychelira, Podocnemididae
Subtaxa: Apodichelys Araripemydidae Bothremydidae Caririemys Chrysemys montolivensis Francemys Itapecuruemys Naiadochelys Palaeaspis Panpodocnemidae Peiropemydidae Pelomedusera Podocnemidera Podocnemidoidae Podocnemidoidea Sahonachelyidae Taphrosphys dares
Ecology: amphibious omnivore