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Carettochelyinae

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Taxonomy
Carettochelyinae was named by Boulenger (1887). Its type is Carettochelys. It is the type subfamily of Carettochelyidae. It was considered monophyletic by Karl et al. (2012).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Carettochelyinae by Joyce (2014).

It was assigned to Carettochelyidae by Joyce (2014); and to Carettochelyidae by Kuhn (1966), Sukhanov (2000), Hutchison et al. (2004), Karl et al. (2006), Karl et al. (2012), Pérez-García et al. (2013), Rollot et al. (2025).

Entered
by E. Leckey (authorized by J. Alroy) on 2004-07-14; modified by E. Vlachos on 2023-09-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Carettochelyinae Boulenger
1966Carettochelyinae Kuhn p. 29
2000Carettochelyinae Sukhanov p. 343
2004Carettochelyinae Hutchison et al. p. 45
2006Carettochelyinae Karl et al.
2012Carettochelyinae Karl et al.
2013Carettochelyinae Pérez-García et al.
2014Carettochelyinae Joyce
2025Carettochelyinae Rollot et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
ArchelosauriaCrawford 2015
Pantestudines
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Trionychia
familyCarettochelyidaeGill 1889
subfamilyCarettochelyinaeBoulenger 1887
subfamilyCarettochelyinaeBoulenger 1887

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Carettochelyinae Boulenger 1887
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Tr. †Allaeochelyini Godinot et al. 2018
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G. †Eulalichelys Godinot et al. 2018
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Eulalichelys labarrerei Godinot et al. 2018
G. †Allaeochelys Noulet 1867
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Allaeochelys crassesculpta Harrassowitz 1922
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Invalid names: Anosteira gracilis Harrassowitz 1922 [synonym]
Allaeochelys delheidi Dollo 1886
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Invalid names: Allaeochelys casasecai Jimenez Fuentes 1971 [synonym], Allaeochelys jimenezi Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés 2005 [synonym], Anosteira anglica Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Allaeochelys libyca Havlik et al. 2014
Allaeochelys lingnanica Young and Chow 1962
Allaeochelys magnifica Hutchison et al. 2004
Allaeochelys meylani Rollot et al. 2025
Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet 1867
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Invalid names: Allaeochelys nouleti Bergounioux 1931 [synonym], Castresia munieri De Stefano 1902 [synonym]
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis Godinot et al. 2018
G. †Burmemys Hutchison et al. 2004
G. †Hemichelys Lydekker 1887
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y. Rollot et al. 2025Allaeochelys meylani sp. nov. can be diagnosed as a representative of Carettochelyidae by a bone surface ornamentation made up of thick ridges separated by equally sized grooves, presence of a quadrate fossa, presence of a midline carapacial keel, paired nuchal processes, and presence of a lip formed on the visceral side of the posterior peripherals and pygal.