Platysternon Gray 1831 (big-headed turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

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 taxa: none

Subtaxa: Platysternon megacephalum

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platysternon in the database

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