Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Synonym: Baicalemys Ivaniev and Khosatzky 1977
Parent taxon: Deirochelyinae according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Bickham 1975, Carroll 1988, Chkhikvadze and Yassamanov 1981, Cope 1875, Estes and Tihen 1964, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Holman et al. 1990, Holman and Sullivan 1981, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, Lydekker 1889, Parham et al. 2008, Seidel and Smith 1986, van Dijk et al. 2014, Vlachos 2018, Wilson 1967 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Deirochelys, Graptemys, Malaclemys, Trachemys
Subtaxa: Chrysemys (Pseudemys) Chrysemys corniculata Chrysemys dorsalis Chrysemys index Chrysemys isoni Chrysemys lachati Chrysemys lavrovi Chrysemys picta Chrysemys platymarginata Chrysemys sculptata Chrysemys timida
Type: Testudo picta
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), United States (8: Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, South Carolina, South Dakota)
• Blancan of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Indiana, Nebraska, Tennessee)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Yukon), the Russian Federation (1), United States (13: Delaware, Maryland, Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 35 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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