Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Parent taxon: Chelidae according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Carroll 1988, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney et al. 2006, Leidy 1865, Owen 1842 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acanthochelys, Australochelida, Baalemys, Birlimarr, Calvarichelys, Chelinae, Chelodininae, Chelus, Chelymys antiqua, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Emydura, Hydraspis arenarius, Hydromedusa, Hydromedusinae, Mendozachelys, Myuchelys, Naiadochelys patagonica, Pelecomastes ampla, Phrynops, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Prochelidella, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Yaminuechelys, Hydraspis
Subtaxa: Platemys platycephala
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platemys in the database
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