Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Karl 2007, Karl and Tichy 1999, Karl and Tichy 2019, Kuhn 1946, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Protrachyaspis, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Carettini Chelonia Cheloniini Natator Rupelchelyini
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Oman (1), United States (2: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Kansas)
• Miocene of France (2), United States (2: New Jersey, Oregon)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Germany (4), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Saudi Arabia (1)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1), Romania (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences