Cheloniinae

Subfamily of turtles

Cheloniinae
Chelonia mydas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Subfamily: Cheloniinae
Genera

Chelonia
Eretmochelys
Natator

Cheloniinae is a subfamily of the sea turtle family Cheloniidae. Its parent superfamily is Chelonioidea.

The members of the subfamily, and genera that make it up, are:

Image Genus Species
Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
  • Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle)
Eretmochelys Fitzinger, 1843
Natator McCulloch, 1908


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Genera
Species of the Cheloniidae family
AllopleuronArgillochelysCarettaCarolinochelysCheloniaEochelone
  • Eochelone brabantica
  • Eochelone voltregana
EretmochelysGigantatypusGlarichelys
  • Glarichelys knorri
ItilochelysLepidochelysMexichelysMiocarettaNatatorPacifichelys
Syllomus
Tasbacka
  • Tasbacka aldabergeni
  • Tasbacka danica
  • Tasbacka ouledabdounensis
  • Tasbacka ruhoffi
  • Tasbacka salisburgensis
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Cheloniinae


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