Platysternon Gray 1831 (big-headed turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Platysternidae
Alternative spelling: Platysternum
Parent taxon: Platysternidae according to K. N. Whetstone 1978
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Danilov and Parham 2008, Frank and Ramus 1996, Joyce et al. 2004, Nopcsa 1928 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Sukhan
Subtaxa: Platysternon megacephalum
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platysternon in the database
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