Dermatemys Gray 1847 (Central American river turtle)
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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
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution: found only at Toledo Bend (Miocene of Texas)
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