Araiochelys Gaffney et al. 2006 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

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: Bothremydina according to A. Pérez-García 2016

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Akoranemys, Bothremys, Zolhafah

Subtaxa: Araiochelys hirayamai

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Type: Araiochelys hirayamai

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4 (Paleocene of Morocco)

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