EMYSystem Text Only Family Page: Carettochelyidae
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Carettochelyidae (Pig-nose Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
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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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