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: Bothremydidae according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2021
See also Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Arenila, Atolchelys, Azabbaremys, Bothremydinae, Bothremydini, Bothremydodda, Carteremys, Cearachelyini, Cearachelys, Chedighaii, Elochelys, Inaechelys, Kurmademydinae, Kurmademydini, Kurmademys, Labrostochelys, Nigeremys, Palemys, Phosphatochelys, Pleurochayah, Podocnemis somaliensis, Rhothonemys, Rosasia, Sankuchemys, Sindhochelys, Taphrosphys, Ummulisani
Subtaxa: Chupacabrachelys Crassachelys Eusarkia Gafsachelys Ilatardia Nigeremydina Taphrosphyina
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Peru (1 collection), Tunisia (2)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: South Carolina)
• Paleocene of Mali (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Syria (6), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 17 collections including 24 occurrences