Cheloniidae
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| A green sea turtle, a species of the family Cheloniidae, swimming over coral reefs in Kona, Hawaii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Family: | Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811[1] |
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| Testudo mydas |
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The Cheloniidae are a family of sea turtles belonging to the sea turtle superfamily Chelonioidea. It was named by Nicolaus Michael Oppel in 1811.[1]
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Classification
Extant genera
- Subfamily Carettinae
- Genus Caretta
- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)[1]
- Genus Lepidochelys
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)[1]
- Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)[1]
- Genus Caretta
- Subfamily Cheloniinae
- Genus Chelonia
- Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)[1]
- Genus Eretmochelys
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)[1]
- Genus Natator
- Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus)[1] (previously in Chelonia)
- Genus Chelonia
Cladogram
Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of living and extinct sea turtles in the family Cheloniidae based on Lynch and Parham (2003)[2] and Parham and Pyenson (2010).[3]
| Pancheloniidae (=Cheloniidae sensu lato) |
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References
External links
- Skaphandrus.com Cheloniidae
Bibliography
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Extant turtle taxonomy
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