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Rhinoclemmys Fitzinger 1835 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Parent taxon: Geoemydidae according to E. Vlachos 2018

See also Bickham 1975, Cadena et al. 2017, Cadena et al. 2012, Cadena and Carrillo-Briceno 2019, Claude et al. 2012, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente et al. 2014, de la Fuente et al. 2018, Eaton et al. 1999, Frank and Ramus 1996, Kuhn 1966 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Bridgeremys, Clemmydopsis, Cuora, Cyclemys, Echmatemys, Geiselemys, Geoemyda, Geoemydinae, Guangdongemys, Isometremys, Mauremys, Ocadia, Orlitia, Palaeochelyinae, Palaeochelys, Palatochelydia, Ptychogasterinae, Ptychogastrini, Rhinoclemmydinae, Sacalia, Siebenrockiella

Subtaxa: Rhinoclemmys annulata Rhinoclemmys areolata Rhinoclemmys diademata Rhinoclemmys funerea Rhinoclemmys melanosterna Rhinoclemmys nasuta Rhinoclemmys panamaensis Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima Rhinoclemmys punctularia Rhinoclemmys rubida

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Ecuador (5), Honduras (1), Peru (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of Panama (1)

• Eocene of United States (2: Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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