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Platemys

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life

Recognized by Flickr BHL, iNaturalist, Wildfinder (WWF), NMNH Herpetology in DwC A, and Furui 2020

Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Alternative Names

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Palaeaspis)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as synonym of Hylaeochelys belli (Mantell, 1844))

Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, AnAge articles, PBDB in DwCA, NMNH type specimens, and Flickr Group

Common Names

Japanese

Recognized by Furui 2020

Life

Cellular Organisms

Eukaryota

Opisthokonta

Metazoa

Bilateria

Deuterostomia

Chordata

Vertebrata

Gnathostomata

Osteichthyes

Sarcopterygii

Tetrapoda

Amniota

Reptilia

Diapsida

Testudinata

Testudines

Pleurodira

Chelidae

Platemys (this page)

Platemys platycephala (Schneider 1792)

Acanthochelys

Chelodina Fitzinger 1826

Chelus Duméril 1806

Elseya

Elusor

Emydura Bonaparte 1836

Flaviemys

Hydromedusa

Mesoclemmys

Myuchelys Thomson

Phrynops

Pseudemydura

Rheodytes

Rhinemys