Subfamily Podocnemidinae Cope 1868 (sideneck turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20:242-300
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to E. A. Cadena and R. D. Vanegas 2023
See also Carvalho et al. 2002 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Podocnemidodda Podocnemis
Type: Podocnemis
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore