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Allopleuroninae

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Allopleuroninae is a subfamily. It was considered monophyletic by Karl et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Dermochelyidae by Weems (1988); and to Cheloniidae by Karl (2007), Karl et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Allopleuroninae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
2007Allopleuroninae Karl p. 45
2012Allopleuroninae Karl et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyAllopleuroninae
subfamilyAllopleuroninae

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.

Subfm. †Allopleuroninae
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G. †Allopleuron Baur 1888
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Allopleuron qazaqstanense Karl et al. 2012
G. †Glyptochelone Dollo 1903
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G. †Protosphargis Capellini 1884
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Protosphargis veronensis Capellini 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available