Subfamily Batagurinae Gray 1870 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Alternative spelling: Bataguridae

Parent taxon: Emydidae according to J. W. Bickham 1975

See also Eaton et al. 1999, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1966, Staesche et al. 2007 and Tao 1985

Sister taxa: Callagur, Chelonemys, Chelopus, Chrysemys limnodytes, Clemmys hutchensorum, Clemmys saxea, Deirochelyinae, Deirochelys floridana, Emydinae, Emydoidea, Emydoidea hutchisoni, Emys, Epiemys, Glyptemys, Grayemys, Gyremys, Hieremys, Hybemys, Lyssemys, Malacoclemmys, Palaeotheca, Polyechmatemys, Pseudemys, Pseudemys bisornatus, Pseudemys extincta, Pseudemys hillii, Pseudochrysemys, Pseudograptemys, Pyxidea, Sakya, Senryuemys, Shansiemys, Sharemys, Terrapene

Subtaxa: Chinemys Kachuga Omegachelys

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Type: Batagur

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Vietnam (1)

• Pliocene of India (5), Pakistan (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Nepal (1)

• Miocene of China (4), Nepal (2)

• Eocene of United States (2: Florida, Utah)

Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences

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