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Podocnemididae
Taxonomy
Podocnemididae was named by Cope (1868). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by de la Fuente et al. (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelomedusidae by Kuhn (1966); it was corrected as Podocnemidae by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Podocnemidae by Cadena et al. (2012), Ferreira et al. (2015), Pérez-García and Chapman (2017).
It was assigned to Podocnemidinura by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Podocnemoidea by Cadena et al. (2012); to Pleurodira by Vremir (2013); to Pelomedusoides by Joyce et al. (2004), Hutchison et al. (2004), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Ferreira et al. (2015); to Pelomedusoides by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993), Cadena et al. (2012), Weems and Knight (2013), Georgalis et al. (2020); to Pleurodira by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Gaffney and Wood (2002), Carvalho et al. (2002), van Dijk et al. (2014), Silva Lacerda et al. (2020); to Podocnemidoidea by Lapparent de Broin (2003), Pérez-García et al. (2013), Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2013), Pérez-García and Chapman (2017), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020), Pérez-García (2022); to Podocnemidoidae by de la Fuente et al. (2022); and to Pleurodira by Cherney et al. (2020), Cadena et al. (2021), Ferreira et al. (2024).
It was synonymized subjectively with Pelomedusidae by Kuhn (1966); it was corrected as Podocnemidae by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993); it was reranked as the unranked clade Podocnemidae by Cadena et al. (2012), Ferreira et al. (2015), Pérez-García and Chapman (2017).
It was assigned to Podocnemidinura by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Podocnemoidea by Cadena et al. (2012); to Pleurodira by Vremir (2013); to Pelomedusoides by Joyce et al. (2004), Hutchison et al. (2004), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Ferreira et al. (2015); to Pelomedusoides by de Broin and de la Fuente (1993), Cadena et al. (2012), Weems and Knight (2013), Georgalis et al. (2020); to Pleurodira by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Gaffney and Wood (2002), Carvalho et al. (2002), van Dijk et al. (2014), Silva Lacerda et al. (2020); to Podocnemidoidea by Lapparent de Broin (2003), Pérez-García et al. (2013), Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2013), Pérez-García and Chapman (2017), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2020), Pérez-García (2022); to Podocnemidoidae by de la Fuente et al. (2022); and to Pleurodira by Cherney et al. (2020), Cadena et al. (2021), Ferreira et al. (2024).
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Podocnemididae Cope |
| 1871 | Podocnemididae Cope p. 236 |
| 1875 | Podocnemididae Cope p. 17 |
| 1993 | Podocnemidae de Broin and de la Fuente p. 10 |
| 2002 | Podocnemididae Carvalho et al. p. 679 |
| 2002 | Podocnemididae Gaffney and Wood p. 2 |
| 2003 | Podocnemididae Lapparent de Broin |
| 2004 | Podocnemididae Hutchison et al. p. 39 |
| 2004 | Podocnemidae Joyce et al. |
| 2006 | Podocnemididae Gaffney et al. p. 45 |
| 2012 | Podocnemididae Cadena et al. p. 549 |
| 2012 | Podocnemidae Cadena et al. |
| 2013 | Podocnemididae Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin |
| 2013 | Podocnemididae Pérez-García et al. |
| 2013 | Podocnemididae Vremir |
| 2013 | Podocnemididae Weems and Knight p. 290 |
| 2014 | Podocnemididae de la Fuente et al. |
| 2014 | Podocnemididae van Dijk et al. |
| 2015 | Podocnemidae Ferreira et al. |
| 2017 | Podocnemidae Pérez-García and Chapman p. 2 |
| 2020 | Podocnemididae Cherney et al. p. 32 |
| 2020 | Podocnemididae Georgalis et al. p. 836 |
| 2020 | Podocnemididae Silva Lacerda et al. |
| 2020 | Podocnemididae de Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 466 |
| 2021 | Podocnemididae Cadena et al. |
| 2022 | Podocnemididae Pérez-García |
| 2022 | Podocnemididae de la Fuente et al. |
| 2024 | Podocnemididae Ferreira et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Podocnemididae Cope 1868
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G. †Bairdemys Gaffney and Wood 2002
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†Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney and Wood 2002
†Bairdemys healeyorum Weems and Knight 2013
†Bairdemys miocenica Collins and Lynn 1936
†Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney et al. 2008
†Bairdemys thalassica Ferreira et al. 2015
†Bairdemys venezuelensis Wood and Diaz 1971
†Bairdemys winklerae Gaffney et al. 2008
G. †Bauruemys Suarez 1969
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†Bauruemys elegans Suarez 1969
Invalid names: Bauruemys brasiliensis Staesche 1937 [nomen dubium]
G. †Cambaremys França and Langer 2005
Subfm. †Erymnochelyinae Broin 1988
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G. †Eocenochelus Pérez-García et al. 2017
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†Eocenochelus eremberti Broin 1977
†Eocenochelus farresi Pérez-García et al. 2017
†Eocenochelus lacombianus Pérez-García et al. 2017
Tr. †Erymnochelyini de Broin 1988
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G. †Shetwemys Perez-Garcia 2021
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†Shetwemys fajumensis Andrews 1903
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Invalid names: Podocnemis blanckenhorni von Reinach 1903 [synonym]
G. †Neochelys Bergounioux 1954
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†Neochelys arenarum Broin 1977
†Neochelys bolcensis Bergounioux 1954
†Neochelys capellinii De Zigno 1890
†Neochelys eocaenica de Stefano 1902
†Neochelys franzeni Schleich 1993
†Neochelys laurenti Tong 1998
†Neochelys liriae Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013
†Neochelys mengaudi Bergounioux 1935
†Neochelys nicolisii Zigno 1890
†Neochelys salmanticensis Jimenez 1971
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Invalid names: Duerochelys arribasi Jimenez 1975 [synonym], Podocnemis armuniensis Jimenez 1970 [synonym], Podocnemis entodermica Jimenez 1970 [synonym]
†Neochelys zamorensis Jimenez-Fuentes 1992
Invalid names: Polysternum mengaudi Bergounioux 1935 [nomen dubium]
G. †Ragechelus de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020
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†Ragechelus sahelica de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020
G. †Stupendemys Wood 1976
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†Stupendemys geographica Wood 1976
†Stupendemys souzai Bocquetin and Melo 2006
G. †Papoulemys Tong 1998
G. Peltocephalus Duméril and Bibron 1835
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Peltocephalus dumerilianus Schweigger 1812 [Bighead Amazon River turtle]
†Peltocephalus maturin Ferreira et al. 2024
Subfm. Podocnemidinae Cope 1868
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Unr. †Podocnemidodda Gaffney et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Erymnochelydand Gaffney et al. 2011 [empty], Podocnemidand Gaffney et al. 2011 [empty]
G. Podocnemis Wagler 1830 [river turtle]
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†Podocnemis argentinensis Cattoi and Freiberg 1958
†Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
†Podocnemis brasiliensis Staesche 1937
Podocnemis erythrocephala Spix 1824 [Red-headed river turtle]
Podocnemis expansa Schweigger 1812
†Podocnemis geologorum Simpson 1943
†Podocnemis harrisi Pacheco 1913
Podocnemis lewyana Dumeril 1852
†Podocnemis medemi Wood 1997
†Podocnemis negrii Carvalho et al. 2002
†Podocnemis pritchardi Wood 1997
Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia 1849
†Podocnemis stromeri von Reinach 1903
†Podocnemis tatacoensis Cadena and Vanegas 2023
Podocnemis unifilis Troschel 1848
Podocnemis vogli Muller 1935
Invalid names: Podocnemis bramlyi Fourtau 1918 [nomen dubium], Podocnemis freibergi Agnolin 2004 [nomen dubium]
Tr. †Stereogenyini Gaffney et al. 2011
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Unr. †Stereogenyita Gaffney et al. 2011
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Invalid names: Mogharemydina Gaffney et al. 2011 [empty]
G. †Stereogenys Andrews 1901
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†Stereogenys cromeri Andrews 1901
Invalid names: Stereogenys podocnemoides Reinach 1903 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Bauruemydinae Gaffney et al. 2011 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available