Stereogenyini

Gaffney, Eugene S., Meylan, Peter A., Wood, Roger C., Simons, Elwyn & De Almeida Campos, Diogenes, 2011, Evolution Of The Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (350), pp. 1-237 : 46

Tribe Stereogenyini , new

DIAGNOSIS: Members of the Podocnemididae ; dorsal process of palatine reaches frontal in side wall of braincase; fossa precolumellaris absent; both foramina nervi hypoglossi combined and recessed in a short canal opening on occipital surface.

INCLUDED TAXA: Bairdemys Gaffney and Wood, 2002 ; Shweboemys Swinton, 1939 ; Stereogenys Andrews, 1901 ; Mogharemys , n. gen.; Cordichelys , n. gen.; Latentemys , n. gen.; Brontochelys , n. gen.; Lemurchelys , n. gen.

DISCUSSION: There should be a coordinate tribe-level taxon for Stereogenyini , and according to the analysis presented here (fig. 98), it would be Neochelys + Papoulemys (or Erymnochelys + Peltocephalus if one were just considering the recent fauna). However, as discussed elsewhere (Phylogenetic Analysis) the resolution in this part of the magnatribe Erymnochelydand is not well supported for some taxa. Therefore, we are avoiding the formal recognition of a tribe for the sister taxon to Stereogenyini , but it’s probably Neochelys .