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Cheloniidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Testudines

Clade
  
Americhelydia

Scientific name
  
Cheloniidae

Higher classification
  
Sea turtle

Phylum
  
Chordata

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Clade
  
Pancheloniidae

Rank
  
Family

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Mass
  
Green sea turtle: 160 kg, Loggerhead sea turtle: 160 kg

Lower classifications
  
Loggerhead sea turtle, Olive ridley sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Flatback sea turtle

The Cheloniidae are a family of sea turtles belonging to the sea turtle superfamily Chelonioidea. It was named by Nicolaus Michael Oppel in 1811.

Contents

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Extant genera

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  • Subfamily Carettinae
  • Genus Caretta
  • Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
  • Genus Lepidochelys
  • Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
  • Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
  • Subfamily Cheloniinae
  • Genus Chelonia
  • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
  • Genus Eretmochelys
  • Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
  • Genus Natator
  • Flatback sea turtle (Natator depressus) (previously in Chelonia)

    • Cladogram

    Cheloniidae Cheloniidae Wikipedia

    Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of living and extinct sea turtles in the family Cheloniidae based on Lynch and Parham (2003) and Parham and Pyenson (2010).

    References

    Cheloniidae Wikipedia
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