Family Carettochelyidae Gill 1889 (turtle)
Parent taxon: Trionychoidea according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Basilochelys, Peltochelyidae, Trionychidae
Subtaxa: Akrochelys, Allaeochelys, Anosteirinae, Carettochelyinae, Hemichelys, Kizylkumemys, Pseudoanosteira
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore