Palea Siebenrock 1906 (Wattleneck softshells)

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Parent taxon: Trionychinae according to P. P. van Dijk et al. 2014

See also Frank and Ramus 1996

Sister taxa: Aulacochelys, Axestemys, Chitrini, Dogania, Nilssonia, Pelodiscus, Rafetus, Trionychini, Trionyx, Trionyx (Amyda) subangularis, Trionyx bambolii, Trionyx blayaci, Trionyx desmostyli, Trionyx dieupentalensis, Trionyx harmati, Trionyx irregularis, Trionyx pliopedemontana, Trionyx stadleri, Trionyx stiriacus

Subtaxa: Palea steindachneri

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palea in the database

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