Carettochelyidae

species of reptile

Carettochelyidae is a family of cryptodiran turtles belonging to the Trionychia. It contains only a single living species, the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) native to New Guinea and Northern Australia. Stem-group carettochelyids are known from the Cretaceous of Asia, with the family being widely distributed across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa during much of the Cenozoic.

Anosteira is an extinct genus of carettochelyid turtle from the Eocene to the Oligocene of Asia and North America.

Allaeochelys is an extinct genus of carettochelyid turtle, known from the Eocene to Miocene of Europe, Asia, North America and Africa.