Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to G. S. Ferreira et al. 2024
See also Cadena et al. 2012, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2011 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Peltocephalus dumerilianus Peltocephalus maturin
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Taquaras Quarry (Quaternary of Brazil)
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