IRMNG - Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868

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Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868

IRMNG_ID

104180 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104180)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Testudines

Direct children (17)

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Genus Pelomedusa Wagler, 1830
Genus Pelusios Wagler, 1830
Genus Pentonyx Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Genus Stupendemys Wood, 1976 †
Genus Syriemys Alhalabi, Martucci Neto, Ferreira, Bou Jouade, Naser, Ayoub, Abboud, Shati, Koutsoukos & Langer, 2025 †
Genus Keillerchelys Hoser, 2021 accepted as Pelomedusa Wagler, 1830 (Treated as subgenus)
Genus Parasternotherus Hoser, 2021 accepted as Sternotherus Gray, 1825 (Treated as subgenus)
Genus Pelusius Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Pelusios Wagler, 1830
Genus Pentonix accepted as Pentonyx Duméril & Bibron, 1835
Genus Sternothaerus Bell, 1825 (Misspelling)
Genus Dacochelys Lydekker, 1889 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Dacquemys Williams, 1954 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Duerochelys Fuentes, 1975 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Paralichelys Bergounioux, 1935 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Shweboemys Swinton, 1939 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Stereogenys Andrews, 1901 † (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Sternotherus Gray, 1825 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

marine, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Pelomedusidae Cope, 1868. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104180 on 2026-01-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2024-03-31 18:54:38Z

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Sources (6)
Notes (1)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Gaffney, E.S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P.A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2 [details]

name verified source Gaffney, E.S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P.A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2 [details]

current name source Gaffney, E.S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P.A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2 [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): MF; stratigraphic range: Cretaceous (Aptian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]