Full reference: I. G. Danilov and J. F. Parham. 2008. A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):306-318
Parent taxon: Testudines according to E. Cadena and W. G. Joyce 2015
See also Anquetin 2012, Anquetin et al. 2009 and Danilov and Parham 2008
Sister taxa: Amphichelydia, Apertotemporalis, Apholidemys, Asturichelys, Athecae, Casichelydia, Chelone obovata, Chelone sopita, Chelonipus, Cryptodira, Cryptrodiramorpha, Entoplastrites, Euclastochelys, Euclastochelys interrupta, Haichemydidae, Larachelus, Meiolania damelipi, Pancryptodira, Paracryptodira, Platychelone, Platychelone emarginata, Plesiochelydiae, Pleurodira, Podocnemis lata, Proganochelydia, Senonemys suemegensis, Sokotochelys, Tacuarembemys, Temnoclemmys cordiformis, Thalassochelydia, Thecophora, Triassochelys, Trionychidae, Trionyx fuchienensis, Trionyx tshelkarensis, Protemys, Oligochelone, Chelycarapookidae, Padiochelys, Chelonoides, Pachychelys, Tomochelone, Yaxartemys, Glaucochelone, Halmyrachelidae, Pseudosphargis, Chelonichnium, Metachelydia, Marina, Terrestria, Cryptodiramorpha, Paludinosa, Fluvialia
Subtaxa: Caribemys Dortokidae Pelomedusa Platychelyidae
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