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Cheloniinae
Taxonomy
Cheloniinae was named by Oppel (1811). It is extant.
It was assigned to Chelonidae by Kuhn (1946); and to Cheloniidae by Weems (1988), Karl and Tichy (1999), Karl (2007), van Dijk et al. (2014), Rhodin et al. (2017), Karl and Tichy (2019).
It was assigned to Chelonidae by Kuhn (1946); and to Cheloniidae by Weems (1988), Karl and Tichy (1999), Karl (2007), van Dijk et al. (2014), Rhodin et al. (2017), Karl and Tichy (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1811 | Cheloniinae Oppel |
| 1946 | Cheloniinae Kuhn p. 59 |
| 1988 | Cheloniinae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1999 | Cheloniinae Karl and Tichy p. 63 |
| 2007 | Cheloniinae Karl p. 36 |
| 2014 | Cheloniinae van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Cheloniinae Rhodin et al. |
| 2019 | Cheloniinae Karl and Tichy p. 14 |
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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. Cheloniinae Oppel 1811
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G. Chelonia Brongniart 1800 [green sea turtle]
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†Chelonia cuvieri Gray 1831
†Chelonia girundica Delfortrie 1869
†Chelonia gwinneri Wegner 1917
†Chelonia harvicensis Woodward 1830
†Chelonia hofmanni Gray 1831
Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 [green turtle]
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Invalid names: Caretta cepedii Merrem 1820 [synonym], Caretta esculenta Merrem 1820 [synonym], Caretta thunbergii Merrem 1820 [synonym], Chelonia agassizii Bocourt 1868 [synonym], Chelonia albiventer Nardo 1864 [synonym], Chelonia bicarinata Lesson 1831 [synonym], Chelonia formosa Girard 1858 [synonym], Chelonia grisea Eschscholtz 1829 [synonym], Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Chelonia lata Philippi 1887 [synonym], Chelonia maculosa Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Chelonia marmorata Dumeril and Bibron 1835 [synonym], Chelonia tenuis Girard 1858 [synonym], Chelonia virgata Schweigger 1812 [synonym], Testudo cepediana Daudin 1801 [synonym], Testudo chloronotus Bechstein 1800 [synonym], Testudo japonica Thunberg 1787 [synonym], Testudo macropus Gmelin 1789 [synonym], Testudo viridis Schneider 1783 [synonym]
†Chelonia oligocena Ciobanu 1977
†Chelonia parvitecta Cope 1870
Invalid names: Chelona Brongniart 1805 [synonym], Chelonia castanea Eschscholtz 1829 [nomen oblitum], Euchelys Girard 1858 [synonym], Megemys Gistel 1848 [synonym], Mydasea Gervais 1843 [synonym]
Tr. Cheloniini Zangerl and Turnball 1955
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G. Natator McCulloch 1908
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Natator depressus Garman 1880 [Flatback turtle]
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Invalid names: Natator tessellatus McCulloch 1908 [synonym]
Tr. †Rupelchelyini Karl and Tichy 1999
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Invalid names: Carettini Zangerl and Turnbull 1955 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma
Collections (27 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Chelonia indet. (231039) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Chelonia indet. (219176) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Allopleuron hoffmanni (138726) | |
| Ypresian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Cheloniinae indet. (28490) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Neurochelys harvicensis (167275) | |
| Ypresian | Denmark | Glarichelys sp. (196473) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Germany (Bavaria) | Glarichelys knorri (187559) | |
| Rupelian | Switzerland (Glarus) | Chelonia knorri (186471) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Alzey) | Rupelchelys breitkreutzi (189577) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Rupelchelys breitkreutzi (65088) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Glarichelys sp., Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia indet. (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Poland (Podkarpackie) | Glarichelys knorri (174689) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Chelonia oligocena (113962) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | Glarichelys gwinneri (45737) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan | Chelonia aralis (74900) | |
| Aquitanian | USA (Oregon) | Carettini indet. (64777) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Chelone parvitecta (50944) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Chelonia girundica (171361) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Bordeaux) | Chelonia girundica (48660) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Chelonia sp. (18140) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Chelonia sp. (52582) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Chelonia sp. (95374) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Chelonia mydas (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Chelonia mydas (34269) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Chelonia mydas (191983) | |
| Holocene | Oman | Chelonia mydas (198556) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Chelonia depressa, Chelonia mydas (21688) |