Carettochelyidae is a family of
cryptodiran turtles belonging to the
Trionychia. It contains only a single living species, the
pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) native to New Guinea and Northern Australia. Stem-group carettochelyids are known from the
Cretaceous of Asia, with the family being widely distributed across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa during much of the
Cenozoic.
Indeterminate fragments of stem-Carretochelyids are also known from the Cenomanian aged
Bayan Shireh Formation, Mongolia, which were originally assigned to "Anosteira" shuwalovi Chkhikvadze in Shuvalov and Chkhikvadze, 1979, which Joyce 2014 regarded as a nomen dubium.[1]
Chorlakkichelys shahi De Broin, 1987[2] from the Early Eocene (Lutetian) aged
Kuldana Formation,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was considered to be a nomem dubium and an indeterminate carettochelyid by Joyce, 2014, due to the fragmentary and heavily eroded nature of the specimens.[1]
Carettochelys niahensis White et al. 2023
Borneo, Neogene[4]
Indeterminate carettochelyids are also known from the uppermost Miocene to lowermost
Pliocene of Victoria, Australia,[5] As well as the Upper Miocene of New Guinea.[6]
Carettochelyidae is a family of
cryptodiran turtles belonging to the
Trionychia. It contains only a single living species, the
pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) native to New Guinea and Northern Australia. Stem-group carettochelyids are known from the
Cretaceous of Asia, with the family being widely distributed across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa during much of the
Cenozoic.
Indeterminate fragments of stem-Carretochelyids are also known from the Cenomanian aged
Bayan Shireh Formation, Mongolia, which were originally assigned to "Anosteira" shuwalovi Chkhikvadze in Shuvalov and Chkhikvadze, 1979, which Joyce 2014 regarded as a nomen dubium.[1]
Chorlakkichelys shahi De Broin, 1987[2] from the Early Eocene (Lutetian) aged
Kuldana Formation,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was considered to be a nomem dubium and an indeterminate carettochelyid by Joyce, 2014, due to the fragmentary and heavily eroded nature of the specimens.[1]
Carettochelys niahensis White et al. 2023
Borneo, Neogene[4]
Indeterminate carettochelyids are also known from the uppermost Miocene to lowermost
Pliocene of Victoria, Australia,[5] As well as the Upper Miocene of New Guinea.[6]