Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Alternative spelling: Cinosterninae
Parent taxon: Kinosternidae according to W. G. Joyce and J. R. Bourque 2016
See also Bourque 2011, Bourque 2013, Hutchison 1991, Nopcsa 1928, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Weems and George 2001
Sister taxa: Baltemys, Kinosternon, Leiochelys, Staurotypinae, Staurotypus, Xenochelys, Yelmochelys
Subtaxa: Sternotherus
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (9: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Texas)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Florida, Tennessee)
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences