Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Testudo caretta
Synonyms: Caouana cephalo Schneider 1783, Caouana elongata Gray 1844, Caretta atra Merrem 1820, Caretta gigas Deraniyagala 1933, Caretta nasuta Rafinesque 1814, Chelonia pelasgica Bibron and Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833, Chelonia pelasgorum Valenciennes in Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833, Testudo caouana Lacepède 1788, Testudo cephalo Schneider 1783, Testudo corianna Gray 1831, Testudo lauanna Meyer 1790, Testudo marina Garsault 1764, Testudo nasicornis Lacepède 1788, Thalassochelys (Halichelys) atra Merrem 1820, Thalassochelys corticata Girard 1858
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Caretta according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Berry and Lynn 1936, Chesi and Delfino 2006, Fitzinger 1843, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1766, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys libyca
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1), Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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