Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to P. P. van Dijk et al. 2014
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Cadena et al. 2012, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Gaffney and Forster 2003, Gaffney et al. 2011 and Joyce 2007
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Erymnochelys madagascariensis
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Madagascar (2 collections)
• Miocene of Namibia (3)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1)
• Eocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous of Madagascar (1), Niger (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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