Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Parent taxon: Chelidae according to M. B. Silva Lacerda et al. 2020
See also Carroll 1988, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2006, Maniel and de la Fuente 2016, Oliveira and Romano 2007, Riff et al. 2010, Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer 2010 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acanthochelys, Australochelida, Baalemys, Birlimarr, Calvarichelys, Chelinae, Chelodininae, Chelymys antiqua, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Emydura, Hydraspis arenarius, Hydromedusa, Hydromedusinae, Mendozachelys, Myuchelys, Naiadochelys patagonica, Pelecomastes ampla, Phrynops, Platemys, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Prochelidella, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Yaminuechelys, Hydraspis
Subtaxa: Chelus colombianus Chelus fimbriata Chelus fimbriatus
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections)
• Pliocene of Brazil (1), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Brazil (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Brazil (4)
• Miocene of Brazil (6), Colombia (8), Peru (1), Venezuela (4)
• Eocene to Pliocene of Brazil (3)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
• Cenozoic of Brazil (1)
Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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