Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 56735
Full reference: M. de la Fuente, F. de Lapparent de Broin, and T. M. Bianco. 2001. The oldest and first nearly complete skeleton of a chelid, of the Hydromedusa sub-group (Chelidae, Pleurodira), from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172(2):237-244
Parent taxon: 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, Pelecomastes ampla, Phrynops, Platemys, Platemys bergii, Platemys entreriana, Platemys holmbergii, Platemys mesopotamica, Platemys robusta, Platemys torrentium, Pseudemydura, Rheodytes, Rionegrochelys, Trionyx argentina, Hydraspis
Subtaxa: Yaminuechelys gasparinii, Yaminuechelys maior, Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris
Ecology: amphibious piscivore