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 G. S. Ferreira et al. 2018
See also Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Mogharemydina Stereogenyita
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Piram Island (Miocene of India)