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Carettochelyinae

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Carettochelyinae was named by Boulenger (1887). Its type is Carettochelys. 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 Kuhn (1966), Sukhanov (2000), Hutchison et al. (2004), Karl et al. (2006), Karl et al. (2012) and Pérez-García et al. (2013); and to Carettochelyidae by Joyce (2014).

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
suborderTrionychia
—Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
—Carettochelyinae(Boulenger 1887)
—Carettochelyinae(Boulenger 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.

Unr. †Carettochelyinae Boulenger 1887
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Tr. †Allaeochelyini Godinot et al. 2018
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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 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. †Eulalichelys Godinot et al. 2018
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†Eulalichelys labarrerei Godinot et al. 2018
G. †Burmemys Hutchison et al. 2004
G. †Hemichelys Lydekker 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the MN 5 or 61.70000 to 13.65000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 58.7 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Guangdong) Anosteira lingnanica (71846)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine) Allaeochelys sp. (178052)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Hérault) Eulalichelys labarrerei (181563)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Allaeochelys sp. (78236)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Allaeochelys sp. (35533 35535 35539 35540 181108 181112 181653)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Romania Allaeochelys sp. (178481)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis (195457)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Marne) Allaeochelys sp. (181633)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) Apholidemys granosa, Apholidemys sublaevis (181647)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Allaeochelys sp. (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Allaeochelys sp. (84997)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Anosteira crassesculpta (120036) Anosteira gracilis (22701)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Bavaria) Allaeochelys sp. (187573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brabant) Pseudotrionyx delheidi (124459)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) Allaeochelys casasecai (41308) Allaeochelys casasecai, Allaeochelys jimenezi (179692) Allaeochelys indet. (45232) Allaeochelys sp. (41073 41078 45233 45237 79704 224597)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Huesca) Allaeochelys sp. (179886 179887)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Virginia) Allaeochelys sp. (167197)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Spain (Zamora) Allaeochelys casasecai, Allaeochelys jimenezi (207764)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Allaeochelys sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Allaeochelys nouleti (184187)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Allaeochelys parayrei, Castresia munieri (31634)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Burmemys magnifica (41307 41310 41320 41331 41455 41456 41457 41459 41460 41461 41462 41463 41466)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Anostira anglica (39643)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Testudines indet. (13065)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Allaeochelys parayrei (47425 49101)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Allaeochelys parayrei (198614)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Trionychidae indet. (46955)