Superfamily Podocnemidoidae Cope 1868 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20:242-300

Parent taxon: Pelomedusoides according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2022

See also Ferreira et al. 2018, Joyce et al. 2021 and Lapparent de Broin 2000

Sister taxa: Apodichelys, Araripemydidae, Caririemys, Chrysemys montolivensis, Euraxemydidae, Francemys, Itapecuruemys, Naiadochelys, Palaeaspis, Panpodocnemidae, Peiropemydidae, Pelomedusera, Pelomedusidae, Podocnemidera, Podocnemididae, Podocnemidoidea, Sahonachelyidae, Taphrosphys dares

Subtaxa: Amabilis Brasilemydidae Elkanemys Roxochelys

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (4)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Bolivia (1), Brazil (9)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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