Chelidae

Belongs within: Casichelydia.
Contains: Chelodd.

The Chelidae are a family of side-necked freshwater turtles found in South America and Australia.

Synapomorphies (from Gaffney & Meylan 1988): Lateral cheek emargination unusually well developed, reaching the parietal; quadratojugal absent; mesoplastra absent.

Chelidae [Cheluidae, Panchelidae]
    |--Pseudemydura Siebenrock 1901GM88, C18
    |    `--P. umbrina Siebenrock 1901JPG04
    `--ChelinaeGM88
         |--CheloddGM88
         `--+--Rheodytes Legler & Cann 1980GM88, C18
            |    `--R. leukops Legler & Cann 1980JPG04
            `--Emydura Bonaparte 1836GM88, C18
                 |--E. australis (Gray 1841)JPG04
                 |--E. krefftii (Gray 1871)JPG04
                 |    |--E. k. krefftii [=E. macquarii krefftii]C18
                 |    |--E. k. emmotti [=E. macquarii emmotti]C18
                 |    `--E. k. nigra [=E. macquarii nigra]C18
                 |--E. macquarii (Gray 1830)C18
                 |    |--E. m. macquariiC18
                 |    |--E. m. binjingC18
                 |    |--E. m. dharraC18
                 |    |--E. m. dharukC18
                 |    |--E. m. gunabarraC18
                 |    `--E. m. signataC18
                 |--E. subglobosa Krefft 1876JPG04
                 |--E. tanybaraga Cann 1997JPG04
                 |--E. victoriae (Gray 1842)JPG04
                 `--E. worrelli Wells & Wellington 1985 [=E. subglobosa worrelli]C18

Chelidae incertae sedis:
  Elseya Gray 1867C18
    |--E. albagula Thomson, Georges & Limpus 2006C18
    |--E. belli (Gray 1844)JPG04
    |--E. dentata (Gray 1863)JPG04
    |--E. georgesi Cann 1997JPG04
    |--E. irwini Cann 1997JPG04
    |--E. jukesi Wells 2007 [incl. E. flaviventralis Thomson & Georges 2016]C18
    |--E. latisternum Gray 1867JPG04
    |--E. lavarackorum (White & Archer 1994)C18
    |--E. novaeguineae (Meyer 1874)JPG04
    |--E. purvisi Wells & Wellington 1985JPG04
    `--E. stirlingi Wells & Wellington 1985C18
  AcanthochelysJPG04
    |--A. macrocephala (Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris 1984)JPG04
    |--A. pallidipectoris (Freiberg 1945)JPG04
    |--A. radiolata (Mikan 1820)JPG04
    `--A. spixii (Duméril & Bibron 1835)JPG04
  Elusor Cann & Legler 1994C18
    `--E. macrurus Cann & Legler 1994JPG04
  Wollumbinia Wells 2007 [incl. Flaviemys Le, Reid et al. 2013, Myuchelys Thomson & Georges 2009]C18
    |--W. belli (Gray 1844)C18
    |--W. georgesi Cann 1997C18
    |--W. latisternum (Gray 1867)C18
    `--W. purvisi Wells & Wellington 1985 [=*Flaviemys purvisi, Myuchelys purvisi]C18

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[C18] Cogger, H. G. 2018. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia updated 7^th ed. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood.

[GM88] Gaffney, E. S., & P. A. Meylan. 1988. A phylogeny of turtles. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Phylogeny and Classification of the Tetrapods vol. 1. Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds pp. 157–219. Clarendon Press: Oxford.

[JPG04] Joyce, W. G., J. F. Parham & J. A. Gauthier. 2004. Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles. Journal of Paleontology 78 (5): 989–1013.