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. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys

Subtaxa: Brontochelys gaffneyi

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Type: Shweboemys gaffneyi

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dera Bugti (general) (Oligocene of Pakistan)

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