The description of a new chelonian is presented, whose occurrence was announced by Beurlen and Barreto in 1968, from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous of the State of Ceará, Araripemys barretoi, N. Gen. and Sp., for which a new family is proposed, is the first record of a chelonian for the Formation, as well as of an Amphiche1ydia for Brazil.The description of a new chelonian is presented, whose occurrence was announced by Beurlen and Barreto in 1968, from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous of the State of Ceará, Araripemys barretoi, N. Gen. and Sp., for which a new family is proposed, is the first record of a chelonian for the Formation, as well as of an Amphiche1ydia for Brazil.