Cheloniidae

Cheloniid sea turtles; Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene, 58–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A green sea turtle, a speshies o the faimily Cheloniidae, soummin ower coral reefs in Kona, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Clade:	Pancheloniidae
Faimily:	Cheloniidae; Oppel, 1811
Teep species
	Chelonia mydas; Linnaeus, 1758
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Chelonii - Oppel, 1811; Cheloniadae - Gray, 1825; Carettidae - Gray, 1825; Mydae - Ritgen, 1828; Chelonidae - Bonaparte, 1832; Cheloniidae - Cope, 1868;

The Cheloniidae are a faimily o sea turtles belangin tae the sea turtle superfaimily Chelonioidea. It wis named bi Nicolaus Michael Oppel in 1811.^[1]

Classification

Extant genera

Subfaimily 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]
Subfaimily 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)

Cladogram

Belaw is a cladogram shawin the phylogenetic relationships o livin an extinct sea turtles in the faimily Cheloniidae based on Lynch an Parham (2003)^[2] an Parham an Pyenson (2010).^[3]

Pancheloniidae (=Cheloniidae sensu lato)

†Toxochelys

†Mexichelys

†Lophochleyinae

†Euclastes

†Argillochelys

†Eochelone

	†Erquelinnesla

	†Pacifichelys

†Puppigerus

Cheloniidae (sensu stricto)

†Syllomus

†Procolpochelys

	Chelonia mydas

	Natator depressus

Eretmochelys imbricata

Carettini

Lepidochelys

	Lepidochelys kempii

	Lepidochelys olivacea

Caretta caretta

References

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.172
↑ Lynch, S.C.; and Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.^{[deid airtin]}
↑ James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi:10.1666/09-077R.1.

Freemit airtins

Skaphandrus.com Cheloniidae Archived 2013-02-16 at Archive.today

Bibliography

Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (31 December 2011). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived (PDF) frae the original on 22 Januar 2012.

[Rhodin11-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.172

[LP03-2] Lynch, S.C.; and Parham, J.F. (2003). "The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 21–35.^{[deid airtin]}

[Parham&Pyenson-3] James F. Parham; Nicholas D. Pyenson (2010). "New Sea Turtle from the Miocene of Peru and the Iterative Evolution of Feeding Ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 231–247. doi:10.1666/09-077R.1.

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