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Cheloniidae

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cheloniidae are a family of sea turtles belonging to the sea turtle superfamily Chelonioidea. It was named by Nicolaus Michael Oppel in 1811.
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Genus

Allopleuron (3)
Argillochelys (6)
Ashleychelys (1)
Bryochelys (1)
Cabindachelys (1)
Caretta (loggerhead sea turtle) (10)
Chelonia (green sea turtle) (8)   (1)
Chelyopsis (4)
Corsochelys (2)
Ctenochelys (3)
Desmatochelys (2)
Eochelone (4)
Eretmochelys (hawksbill sea turtle) (1)   (1)
Euclastes (7)
Gigantatypus (1)
Glarichelys (1)
Glaucochelone (1)
Glyptochelone (1)
Itilochelys (1)
Kurobechelys (1)
Lembonax (2)
Lepidochelys (Ridley sea turtles) (2)   (1)
Miocaretta (1)
Natator (flatback turtle) (1)
Notochelone (1)
Osonachelus (1)
Pacifichelys (2)
Procolpochelys (3)
Puppigerus (5)
Rupelchelys (1)
Syllomus (2)
Tasbacka (5)
Thalassochelys (1)
Tomochelone (1)
Toxochelys (5)
Zangerlchelys (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0