Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Parent taxon: Carettochelyinae according to Y. Rollot et al. 2025
See also Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés 2005, Carroll 1988, Godinot et al. 2018, Hutchison 1992, Joyce 2014, Karl et al. 2006, Pérez-García et al. 2013 and Vremir 2013
Sister taxa: Allaeochelyini, Burmemys, Hemichelys
Subtaxa: Allaeochelys crassesculpta Allaeochelys delheidi Allaeochelys libyca Allaeochelys lingnanica Allaeochelys magnifica Allaeochelys meylani Allaeochelys parayrei Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (2 collections), Germany (3), Libya (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (16), Germany (3), Myanmar (13), Romania (1), Spain (12), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of China (1)
Total: 56 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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