Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Alternative spelling: Anostira
Parent taxon: Carettochelyidae according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2018
See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Cope 1884, Gilmore 1915, Gilmore 1931, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hutchison 1992, Hutchison 1996, Hutchison et al. 2004, Joyce 2014, Karl et al. 2012, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1873, Lydekker 1889, Sukhanov 2000, Tong et al. 2010, Yeh 1963 and Zangerl 1947
Sister taxa: Akrochelys, Allaeochelyinae, Anosteira radulina, Anosteirinae, Apholidemys granosa, Apholidemys sublaevis, Carettochelyinae, Carettochelys, Chorlakkichelys, Chorlakkichelys shahi, Kizylkumemys, Pseudoanosteira
Subtaxa: Anosteira manchuriana Anosteira maomingensis Anosteira mongoliensis Anosteira ornata Anosteira pulchra Anosteira shuvalovi Anostira radulina
Type: Anosteira ornata
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (8 collections), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (6), United States (36: Utah, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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