Reptilia - Testudines - Panchelidae
Full reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470
Parent taxon: Panchelidae according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2006 and Lapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001
Sister taxa: Bonapartemys, Linderochelys, Lomalatachelys, Platemys guaranitica, Platemys patagonica, Salamanchelys
Subtaxa: Palaeophrynops patagonicus
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section (Cretaceous of Argentina)
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