Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Order Testudines > Suborder Cryptodira

Chelonioidea Baur, 1893

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811
Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: marine turtles; sea turtles

Literature

basis of record	Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.

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Citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2025). The Reptile Database. Chelonioidea Baur, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=987094

Prof. Alain Dubois. Chelonioidea Baur, 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/58bc603a-542a-4847-9904-aefb9871d646

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, not fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:987094
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:15553

Last modified

2017-03-22 by Prof. Alain Dubois & by Peter Uetz

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