Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative spelling: Platysternidae
Parent taxon: Testudinidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Baur 1893, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gadow 1898, Jaekel 1911, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1946, Nopcsa 1928, Perrier 1928 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Achilemys, Aldabrachelys, Anhuichelys, Astrochelys, Barnesia, Cachuga, Caryoderma, Cautleya, Chelys patagonica, Cylindraspis, Damonia, Emys sombrerensis, Eochersina, Eochersis, Floridemys, Fontainechelon, Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) equicomes, Geocheloninae, Geochelonini, Gopherinae, Gopherus, Gopherus praecedens, Homopus, Juvemys, Kansuchelys, Malacochersus, Manouria, Megalochelys, Miotestudo, Nicoria, Palaeoemys, Pelorochelon, Protestudo, Psammobates, Pyxis, Sinohadrianus, Solitudo, Stylemys calaverensis, Testudininae, Testudininei, Testudinites sellovii, Testudo annae, Testudo atascosae, Testudo castrensis, Testudo cultrata, Testudo exornata, Testudo formosa, Testudo francisi, Testudo hayi, Testudo klettiana, Testudo laticaudata, Testudo louisekressmani, Testudo luciae, Testudo ocalana, Testudo paranensis, Testudo peragrans, Testudo quadratus, Testudo semenensis, Testudo undata, Titanochelon, Xerobatinae
Subtaxa: Platysternon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platysterninae in the database