Superfamily Chelonioidea Baur 1893 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Alternative spelling: Chelonoidea

Full reference: G. Baur. 1893. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27(319):672

Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017

See also Baur 1893, Cadena et al. 2018, Cadena and Parham 2015, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, de la Fuente et al. 1995, Gaffney 1975, Gaffney 1975, Haidr and Acosta Hospitaleche 2017, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1998, Hirayama and Hikida 1998, Joyce et al. 2004, Karl 1996, Karl et al. 2012, Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Karl et al. 2012, Karl and Tichy 1999, Karl and Tichy 2007, Kear 2006, Kuhn 1966, Myers et al. 2018, Nicholls 1988, Parham 2005, Parham and Pyenson 2010, Parmley et al. 2006, van Dijk et al. 2014, Wieland 1909 and Zangerl 1960

Sister taxa: Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Carettochelyoidea, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelydridae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Dermochelyoidea, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Nanhsiungchelyidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae

Subtaxa: Cheloniidae Cimochelys Dermochelyidae Dermochelyoidae Desmatochelyidae Kimurachelys Leviathanochelys Nichollsemys Pandermochelys Pliochelys Progonosaurus Protostegidae Toxochelyidae

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Type: Cheloniidae

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

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