Dermatemys Gray 1847 (Central American river turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Parent taxon: Dermatemydidae according to G. E. Knauss et al. 2011

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1884, Frank and Ramus 1996 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Cardichelyon, Kallistira, Lindholmemydinae, Peshanemys

Subtaxa: Dermatemys mawii

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore

Distribution: found only at Toledo Bend (Miocene of Texas)

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