PaleoDB taxon number: 37622
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On the origin of genera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20:242-300
Parent taxon: Testudines according to J. R. Bourque et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Apertotemporalis, Apholidemys, Asturichelys, Athecae, Casichelydia, Chelone obovata, Chelone sopita, Cryptrodiramorpha, Dermochelyoidea, Euclastochelys, Euclastochelys interrupta, Haichemydidae, Larachelus, Meiolania damelipi, Pancryptodira, Panpleurodira, Paracryptodira, Platychelone, Platychelone emarginata, Plesiochelydiae, Pleurodira, Podocnemis lata, Proganochelydia, Senonemys suemegensis, Sokotochelys, Tacuarembemys, Temnoclemmys cordiformis, Thalassochelydia, Thecophora, Trionychidae, Trionyx fuchienensis, Trionyx tshelkarensis, Chelonipus
Subtaxa: Acichelyidae, Adocusia, Apertotemporalidae, Bashuchelyidae, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternidae, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychoidea
Ecology: aquatic omnivore