Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Parent taxon: Chelidae according to I. J. Maniel et al. 2018
See also Carroll 1988, de la Fuente and Bona 2002, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2006, Maniel and de la Fuente 2016 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acanthochelys, Australochelida, Baalemys, Birlimarr, Calvarichelys, Chelinae, Chelodininae, Chelus, Chelymys antiqua, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Emydura, Hydraspis arenarius, 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: Hydromedusa casamayorensis Hydromedusa maximiliani Hydromedusa tectifera
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (3 collections), Brazil (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (9)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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