Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to A. Pérez-García 2022
See also Cadena et al. 2021, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2020, Georgalis et al. 2020, Lapparent de Broin 2003, Perez-Garcia 2021, Pérez-García and Chapman 2017, Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2013 and Vremir 2013
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Andrewsemys Caninemys Eocenochelus Erymnochelyini Ragechelus Stupendemys
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (1 collection)
• Huayquerian of Venezuela (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Brazil (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (5), Colombia (3), Egypt (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Egypt (2), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Italy (2)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Egypt (1), France (3), Mali (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Niger (1), Sudan (1)
Total: 31 collections including 33 occurrences