Rheodytes devisi

Species of turtle

Rheodytes devisi
Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Rheodytes
Species:
R. devisi
Binomial name
Rheodytes devisi

Rheodytes devisi is a Pleistocene fossil turtle from the Darling Downs of Queensland, Australia. It was described from material originally included in the description of Elseya uberima.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Thomson, S. (2000). "A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45 (2): 593–598.
Taxon identifiers
Rheodytes devisi
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Side-necked turtle species
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Subgenus
Chelidae
Chelinae
Acanthochelys
 
Chelus
 
Mesoclemmys
 
Phrynops
 
Platemys
 
Ranacephala
 
Rhinemys
 
Chelodininae
Chelodina
Chelodina
Chelydera
Macrochelodina
Elseya
Elseya
Pelocomastes
Hanwarachelys
Elusor
 
Emydura
 
Myuchelys
 
Rheodytes
 
Hydromedusinae
Hydromedusa
 
Pseudemydurinae
Pseudemydura
 
Pelomedusidae
 
Pelomedusa
 
Pelusios
 
Podocnemididae
 
Erymnochelys
 
Peltocephalus
 
Podocnemis
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.