PaleoDB taxon number: 361296

Full reference: C. W. De Vis. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 3:3-7

Belongs to Chelidae according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016

Sister taxa: Acanthochelys, Birlimarr, Chelinae, Chelodina, Chelodininae, Chelus, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Emydura, Hydraspis arenarius, Hydromedusa, Hydromedusinae, Mendozachelys, Myuchelys, Naiadochelys patagonica, Pelecomastes ampla, Phrynops, Platemys, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Yaminuechelys, Hydraspis

Type specimen: QM 16-1106A, a partial shell. Its type locality is Darling Downs, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.