The youngest records of the group are indeterminate remains from Saudi Arabia and Oman, dating to the Miocene.

Taxonomy

The family is split into two subfamilies and a number of tribes.

Bothremydidae
*Pleurochayah appalachius Adrian et al., 2021 Woodbine Formation, Texas, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
*"Chrysemys" montolivensis Roman 1897