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Pelomedusidae

Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae

Taxonomy

Pelomedusidae was named by Cope (1868) [plastron and carapace]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pleurodira by Lydekker (1889); to Pleurodira by Hay (1902); to Pleurodiri by Jaekel (1911) and Perrier (1928); to Chelonia by Stirton (1953); to Pleurodira by Andrews (1906) and Gaffney (1975); to Testudines by Frank and Ramus (1996); to Pelomedusoides by Joyce et al. (2004); to Pelomedusera by Gaffney et al. (2006); and to Pleurodira by Cope (1871), Cope (1875), Gadow (1898), Kuhn (1946), Zangerl (1948), Antunes (1964), Kuhn (1966), Miller (1967), Wood (1975), Wood (1976), Thurmond and Jones (1981), Carroll (1988) and van Dijk et al. (2014).

Subtaxa

Duerochelys, Latisternon, Pelomedusinae, Pelusiinae, Pelusios

Synonyms

Sternothaeridae was named by Cope (1868).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pelomedusidae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Pleurodira by Cope (1870), Cope (1871) and Cope (1875).
Peltocephalidae was named by Gray (1870). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Podocnemididae by Cope (1871); it was synonymized subjectively with Pelomedusidae by Kuhn (1966).
Eusarkiidae was named by Bergounioux (1952).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pelomedusidae by Kuhn (1966).

It was assigned to Pleurodira by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Pelomedusidae Cope
1868	Sternothaeridae Cope
1870	Sternothaeridae Cope p. 156
1870	Peltocephalidae Gray
1871	Pelomedusidae Cope p. 236
1871	Sternothaeridae Cope p. 236
1875	Pelomedusidae Cope p. 17
1875	Sternothaeridae Cope p. 17
1889	Pelomedusidae Lydekker pp. 170-171
1898	Pelomedusidae Gadow p. 21
1902	Pelomedusidae Hay p. 438
1906	Pelomedusidae Andrews p. 289
1911	Pelomedusidae Jaekel p. 186
1928	Pelomedusidae Perrier p. 3114
1946	Pelomedusidae Kuhn p. 58
1948	Pelomedusidae Zangerl p. 25
1952	Eusarkiidae Bergounioux
1953	Pelomedusidae Stirton p. 613
1964	Pelomedusidae Antunes p. 135
1966	Pelomedusidae Kuhn p. 31
1967	Pelomedusidae Miller p. 225
1975	Pelomedusidae Gaffney p. 429
1975	Pelomedusidae Wood
1976	Pelomedusidae Wood p. 2
1981	Pelomedusidae Thurmond and Jones p. 120
1988	Eusarkiidae Carroll
1988	Pelomedusidae Carroll
1996	Pelomedusidae Frank and Ramus
2004	Pelomedusidae Joyce et al.
2006	Pelomedusidae Gaffney et al. p. 34
2014	Pelomedusidae van Dijk et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Testudinata	(Oppel 1811)
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Pleurodira
superfamily	Pelomedusoides	Broin 1988
—	Pelomedusera
family	Pelomedusidae
family	Pelomedusidae

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. Pelomedusidae Cope 1868

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G. †Duerochelys Jimenez Fuentes 1975

G. †Latisternon Auffenberg 1981

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†Latisternon microsulcae Auffenberg 1981

G. Pelusios Wagler 1830

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Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 [Adansons mud turtle]

Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons 1932 [Okavango mud turtle]

Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986 [Turkana mud turtle]

Pelusios carinatus Laurent 1956 [African keeled mud turtle]

Pelusios castaneus Schweigger 1812 [West African mud turtle]

Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931 [Yellow-bellied mud turtle]

Pelusios chapini Laurent 1965 [Central African mud turtle]

Pelusios cupulatta Bour and Maran 2003 [Ivory Coast mud turtle]

Pelusios gabonensis Duméril 1856 [African forest turtle]

Pelusios marani Bour 2000 [Gabon mud turtle]

Pelusios nanus Laurent 1956 [African dwarf mud turtle]

Pelusios niger Duméril and Bibron 1835 [West African black mud turtle]

Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 [Variable mud turtle]

†Pelusios rusingae Williams 1954

Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 [Serrated hinged terrapin]

Pelusios subniger Bonnaterre 1789 [East African black mud turtle]

Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981 [Upemba mud turtle]

Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965 [Williams mud turtle]

Invalid names: Eusarkiidae Bergounioux 1952 [synonym], Pelomedusinae Zangerl 1948 [empty], Peltocephalidae Gray 1870 [synonym], Pelusiinae Zangerl 1948 [empty], Sternothaeridae Cope 1868 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
E. Perrier 1928	Cou complètement rétractile dans la carapace; carapace couverte des plaques cornées typiques: 13 discoïdales et 24 marginales; plastron comprenant onze plaques osseuses, dont 5 paires latérales, en raison de la présence d'un mésoplastron de chaque côté entre l'hyo- et l'hypoplastron, et un entoplastron impair. Os palatins contigus, non séparés par le vomer.