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Peltocephalus

genus of reptiles
Class type of: Testudines Q3374556

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
monotypic taxon
Subclass of
Testudines[5]
Parent taxon
Podocnemididae[3]
Taxon name
Peltocephalus[4]
Taxon rank
genus[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Peltocephalus ru Peltocephalus ru гвианские щитоногие черепахи zh 亚马逊侧颈龟属
🔖 Identifiers · 14
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Peltocephalus dumerilianus.jpg ↗
BOLD Systems taxon ID
171534
Catalogue of Life ID
6KG5
Encyclopedia of Life ID
80630
Fossilworks taxon ID
242705
GBIF taxon ID
2441946
INaturalist taxon ID
40148
ITIS TSN
551740, 1094886
NCBI taxonomy ID
44523
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
242705
Taxonomicon ID
48179
UMLS CUI
C1011475
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WoRMS-ID for taxa
1457604
ZooBank ID for name or act
E8BEE2DF-2520-4C9C-8607-238DD7FCDFBC

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
monotypic taxon
Parent taxon 1
Podocnemididae
Subclass of 1
Testudines
Taxon rank 1
genus
← Parent taxon 1
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Summary

Peltocephalus is a monotypic taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Checklist of Chelonians of the World. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · AntiDerangedKhanTengriAction · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    ITIS TSN → 551740, 1094886
    Instance of → monotypic taxon
    Parent taxon → Podocnemididae
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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