Yellow faced saw shelled turtles | |
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Flaviemys purvisi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Chelodininae |
Genus: | Flaviemys Le et al., 2013[1] |
Species[1] | |
This genus was described in 2013 to correct the paraphyly that was present among the saw shelled turtles with respect to the snapping turtles (Elseya) of Australia.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Le, M., Reid, B., N., McCord, W., P., Naro-Maciel, E., Raxworthy, C., J., Amato, G., Georges A., 2013. Resolving the phylogenetic history of the short-necked turtles, genera Elseya and Myuchelys (Testudines: Chelidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (2013) 251–258.
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