EMYSystem Family Page: Carettochelyidae
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Carettochelyidae (Pig-nose Turtles)
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Carettochelys

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Original Description Boulenger 1887 : 171
Original name Carettochelydidae
Common name Pig-nose Turtles
Distribution As for the single species
Comments Most closely related to the Trionychidae according to Gaffney (1975b), Frair (1985), and Meylan (1987). Synonymy and literature review in Cogger et al. (1983)
 
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