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Carettochelyidae

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Description

The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known as the pitted-shelled turtle or Fly River turtle, is a species of turtle native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carettochelyidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9119	https://www.gbif.org/species/9119
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37667	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37667

Rank

family (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Carettochelyidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
-	Testudinata
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira	Cope 1868
suborder	Trionychia
family	Carettochelyidae

Scientific Name

Carettochelyidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Pleurodira	stated with evidence	Gadow, 1898
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychia	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1946
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Carettochelyoidea	stated with evidence	Kuhn, 1966
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychoidea	stated without evidence	Gaffney, 1975
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychoidea	implied	Carroll, 1988
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Testudines	stated without evidence	Frank and Ramus, 1996
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychia	stated without evidence	Joyce et al., 2004
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Chelonii	stated without evidence	Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés, 2005
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychoidea	stated without evidence	Karl et al., 2006
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychia	stated without evidence	Pérez-García et al., 2013
Carettochelyidae	family	belongs to Trionychoidea	stated without evidence	Vremir, 2013
Carettochelyidae	unranked clade	belongs to Trionychia	stated with evidence	Joyce, 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

129 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

freshwater

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore, omnivore

Reproduction

oviparous

Ecospace Comments

life habit and diet based on Uetz 2005

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Common Name(s)

Pitted-shelled Turtles

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carettochelyidae

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Allaeochelyinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Anosteirinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		4	55.8 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Akrochelys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Allaeochelys genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		53	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Anosteira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	37.2 Ma Eocene
Burmemys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Carettochelys genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Pig-nose Turtle			0 Ma Extant
Chorlakkichelys genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kizylkumemys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudanosteira ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Eulalichelys labarrerei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Carettochelyinae unranked clade	listed (PBDB)		55	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Apholidemys sublaevis Pomel, 1847	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Carettochelyidae : *Apholidemys sublaevis*
Apholidemys granosa Pomel, 1847	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Carettochelyidae : *Apholidemys granosa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Apholidemys granosa Pomel
1847	Apholidemys sublaevis Pomel
1872	Anosteira radulina Cope p. 555
1873	Anostira radulina Cope
1884	Anostira radulina Cope
1889	Carettochelyidae Gill
1898	Carettochelydidae Gadow p. 21
1902	Anosteira radulina Hay p. 447
1908	Anosteira radulina Hay p. 279 figs. Plate 43, figs 1,2; text-figs. 352-354.
1946	Carettochelyidae Kuhn p. 59
1966	Carettochelyidae Kuhn p. 29
1975	Carettochelyidae Gaffney p. 428

Year	Name and Author
1987	Chorlakkichelys de Broin pp. 174-177
1987	Chorlakkichelys shahi de Broin pp. 174-177 figs. Pl 1, figs.1-16
1988	Carettochelyidae Carroll
1996	Carettochelyidae Frank and Ramus
2004	Carettochelyidae Joyce et al.
2005	Carettochelyidae Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés
2006	Carettochelyidae Karl et al.
2012	Carettochelyidae Karl et al.
2013	Carettochelyidae Pérez-García et al.
2013	Carettochelyidae Vremir
2014	Carettochelyidae Joyce
2014	Carettochelyidae van Dijk et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Pomel A. Note sur les mammifères et reptiles fossiles des ter- rains éocènes de Paris, inférieurs au dépôt gypseux, Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles de Genève 4, 326-330

Cope E. D. On the extinct Vertebrata of the Eocene of Wyoming observed by the Expedition of 1872, with notes on the geology, Sixth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, 545-649

Cope E. D. Testudinata, The Vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West. In: Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 3, 111-150

Gadow H. , A Classification of Vertebrata Recent and Extinct, xvii-82

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568

Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67

Kuhn O. W. M. (1966) , Die Reptilien. System und Stammesgeschichte [The Reptiles. Systematics and Phylogeny.], 1-154

Gaffney E. S. (1975) A phylogeny and classification of the higher categories of turtles, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155 5, 387-436

de Broin F. (1987) Lower vertebrates from the early-middle Eocene Kuldana Formation of Kohat (Pakistan): Chelonia, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 7, 169-185

Frank N., Ramus E. (1996) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World, 1-377

Joyce W. G., Parham J. F., et al (2004) Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles, Journal of Paleontology 78 5, 989-1013

Alonso Santiago L., Alonso Andrés L. (2005) Diferencias anatómicas entre dos formas de Allaeochelys del Eoceno de Corrales (Zamora, España). Nueva especie de tortuga, Allaeochelys jimenezi nov. sp, Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia 41, 103-126

Karl H.-V., Groning E., et al (2006) New carettochelyine turtle occurrence from the Oligocene in Germany and its palaeozoogeographic importance, Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 5, 51-57

Karl H.-V., Milan J., et al (2012) New shell remains of Peltochelys duchastelli (Dollo, 1884) from Western Europe and the rise of trionychids (Testudines: Trionychoidea), Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4, 87-106

Pérez-García A., Murelaga X., et al (2013) Presence of several clades of continental turtles in the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of the Sobrarbe Formation (Ainsa Basin, South-Central Pyrenees, Northeast Spain), Geologica Belgica 16 4, 311-319

Vremir M. M. (2013) An early Eocene freshwater turtle assemblage from the Simleu Basin (NW Romania): Paleobiogeographic significance, Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5, 597-625

Joyce W. G. (2014) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55 1, 3-33

van Dijk P. P., Iverson J. B., et al (2014) Turtles of the World, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status, Chelonian Research Monographs 5, 329-479

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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