Flaviemys
| 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
- 1 2 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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