Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Alternative spellings: Podocnemidae, Podocnemidae, Podocnemoidae, Podocnemoidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20:242-300
Parent taxon: Pleurodira according to G. S. Ferreira et al. 2024
See also Cadena et al. 2012, Cadena et al. 2012, Cadena et al. 2021, Carvalho et al. 2002, Cherney et al. 2020, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente 2003, de la Fuente et al. 2022, de la Fuente et al. 2014, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020, Ferreira et al. 2015, Gaffney et al. 2006, Gaffney and Wood 2002, Georgalis et al. 2020, Hutchison et al. 2004, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1966, Lapparent de Broin 2003, Pérez-García 2022, Pérez-García and Chapman 2017, Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2013, Silva Lacerda et al. 2020, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vlachos 2017, Vremir 2013 and Weems and Knight 2013
Sister taxa: Amphichelydidae, Bothremydidae, Chelidae, Eupleurodira, Megapleurodira, Minipleurodira, Notoemydidae, Panchelidae, Panpelomedusoides, Pelomedusoides, Platychelira
Subtaxa: Albertwoodemys Bairdemys Bauruemydinae Bauruemys Brontochelys Cambaremys Carbonemys Cerrejonemys Cordichelys Dacquemys Erymnochelyinae Erymnochelys Gestemys Kenyemys Lapparentemys Latentemys Lemurchelys Mogharemys Papoulemys Peiropemys Peltocephalus Podocnemidinae Shweboemys Stereogenyina Stereogenyini Stereogenys Turkanemys
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore