Reptilia - Testudinata - Australochelyidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney and J. W. Kitching. 1994. The most ancient African turtle. Nature 369:55-58
Parent taxon: Testudinata according to J. Sterli et al. 2020
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney and Kitching 1995 and Perea et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Amblypus, Ancyropus, Aplax oberndorferi, Athecae, Australochelys, Chelonipedidae, Chelycarapookus, Chelycarapookus arcuatus, Chelys blakii, Chengyuchelyidae, Chengyuchelys, Emydhipus, Emys neumayri, Emys paranensis, Eunotosauria, Heckerochelyidae, Helcura, Helochelydridae, Kallokibotion, Megasternon, Mesochelydia, Mongolochelyidae, Odontochelydia, Palaeochersis, Pappochelydia, Paracryptodira, Perichelydia, Platemys sehuensis, Platycheloides, Proganochelys, Proterochersidae, Protochelys, Saltosauropus, Siamochelys, Testudines, Testudinites, Testudo elata, Testudo stricklandi, Testudofiexoolithidae, Testudoolithidae, Thalassochelydia, Thecophora, Tretosternon punctatum, Trionyx mammillaris
Subtaxa: Waluchelys
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Quebrada del Puma (Triassic of Argentina)