Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to M. D. Cherney et al. 2020
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2018 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Cordichelys antiqua
Type: Podocnemis antiqua
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (4 collections), Spain (1), Western Sahara (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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