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Lepidochelys (Ridley sea turtle)
Taxonomy
Lepidochelys was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant. Its type is Chelonia olivacea.
It was assigned to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonidae by Dodd and Morgan (1992); to Carettinae by Kuhn (1966), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017); and to Cheloniidae by Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001) and Weems (2023).
It was assigned to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonidae by Dodd and Morgan (1992); to Carettinae by Kuhn (1966), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017); and to Cheloniidae by Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001) and Weems (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1790 | Testudo bomarii Meyer |
| 1843 | Lepidochelys Fitzinger |
| 1844 | Caouana ruppellii Gray |
| 1857 | Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker |
| 1864 | Chelonia dubia Bleeker in Gray |
| 1873 | Cephalochelys Gray |
| 1966 | Lepidochelys Kuhn p. 29 |
| 1988 | Lepidochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1992 | Lepidochelys Dodd, Jr. and Morgan p. 3 |
| 1995 | Lepidochelys Hirayama p. 282 |
| 1996 | Lepidochelys Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Lepidochelys Zug p. 212 |
| 2014 | Lepidochelys van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Lepidochelys Rhodin et al. |
| 2023 | Lepidochelys Weems |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843 [Ridley sea turtle]
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Lepidochelys kempii Garman 1880 [Kemp's Ridley turtle]
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Invalid names: Testudo viridisquamosa Lacepède 1788 [synonym]
Lepidochelys olivacea Eschscholtz 1829
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Invalid names: Caretta remivaga Hay 1908 [synonym], Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873 [synonym], Chelonia dussumierii Dumeril and Bibron 1835 [synonym], Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899 [synonym], Thalassochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887 [synonym]
Invalid names: Caouana ruppellii Gray 1844 [nomen nudum], Cephalochelys Gray 1873 [synonym], Chelonia dubia Bleeker in Gray 1864 [nomen nudum], Chelonia polyaspis Bleeker 1857 [nomen nudum], Testudo bomarii Meyer 1790 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Lepidochelys kempii (219172) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Florida) | Lepidochelys sp. (18532) | |
| Messinian | Panama (Colon) | Lepidochelys sp. (231894) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Lepidochelys sp. (52582) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Lepidochelys sp. (95374) |