PaleoDB taxon number: 361297

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 antiqua, Chelymys arata, Elseya, Emydura, Hydraspis arenarius, Hydromedusa, Hydromedusinae, Mendozachelys, Myuchelys, Naiadochelys patagonica, Phrynops, Platemys, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Yaminuechelys

Type specimen: QM 1102D, a partial shell. Its type locality is Darling Downs, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.