Pelochelys Gray 1864 (softshell turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1864. Revision of the species of Trionychidae found in Asia and Africa, with the description of some new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864:76-98
Parent taxon: Chitrainae according to S. E. Jasinski et al. 2022
See also Frank and Ramus 1996 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Chitra
Subtaxa: Pelochelys bibroni Pelochelys cantorii Pelochelys signifera
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pelochelys in the database
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