Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Parent taxon: Chelidae according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
See also Burke et al. 1983, Carroll 1988, Frank and Ramus 1996, Lapparent de Broin and Molnar 2001, Louys and Price 2015, Lydekker 1889 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acanthochelys, Birlimarr, Chelinae, Chelodina, Chelodininae, Chelus, Chelymys antiqua, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Hydraspis arenarius, Hydromedusa, Hydromedusinae, Mendozachelys, Myuchelys, Naiadochelys patagonica, Pelecomastes ampla, Phrynops, Platemys, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Prochelidella, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Yaminuechelys, Hydraspis
Subtaxa: Emydura australis Emydura krefftii Emydura macquarii Emydura signata Emydura subglobosa Emydura tanybaraga Emydura victoriae
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (2)
• Oligocene of Australia (2)
• Paleocene to Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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