Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Synonyms: Chelona Brongniart 1805, Euchelys Girard 1858, Megemys Gistel 1848, Mydasea Gervais 1843
Parent taxon: Cheloniinae according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Berry and Lynn 1936, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1884, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014, Dodd and Morgan 1992, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Holman 2002, Joyce 2007, Sepkoski 2002, van Dijk et al. 2014, Weems 1988 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Carettini, Cheloniini, Natator, Rupelchelyini
Subtaxa: Chelonia castanea Chelonia cuvieri Chelonia girundica Chelonia gwinneri Chelonia harvicensis Chelonia hoffmanni Chelonia hofmanni Chelonia mydas Chelonia oligocena Chelonia parvitecta Euchelys macropus
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 (1: New Jersey)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Romania (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1), Romania (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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