Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Parent taxon: Pelomedusoides according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Apodichelys, Araripemydidae, Bothremydidae, Caririemys, Chrysemys montolivensis, Francemys, Itapecuruemys, Naiadochelys, Palaeaspis, Panpodocnemidae, Peiropemydidae, Podocnemidera, Podocnemidoidae, Podocnemidoidea, Sahonachelyidae, Taphrosphys dares
Subtaxa: Pelomedusidae
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Eritrea (2), Kenya (4), Mali (2), Niger (3), Tanzania (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Malawi (1), Uganda (2)
• Pliocene to Holocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1)
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Kenya (2), Malawi (1), South Africa (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (4)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), India (1), Iraq (1), Kenya (12), Saudi Arabia (4), Uganda (1), the United Arab Emirates (1)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (2), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Libya (1), Spain (4)
• Paleocene of Saudi Arabia (7)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Brazil (2), France (3), India (6), Libya (1), Niger (2), Palestinian Territory (1), Peru (1), Spain (1)
• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 92 collections including 94 occurrences