Chelonioidea

Chelonioidea, vulgo testudines maritimi appellata, sunt superfamilia reptilium subordinis Cryptodirorum ordinis Testudinum. Septem Chelonioideorum species exstantes sunt Chelonia mydas, Caretta caretta, Lepidochelys kempii, Lepidochelys olivacea, Eretmochelys imbricata, Natator depressus, Dermochelys coriacea. Typus generis est Chelonia mydas.

Lepidochelys olivacea, species superfamiliae testudinum maritimorum

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Animalia — Chordata

Classis : Reptilia 
Ordo : Testudines 
Subordo : Cryptodira 
Superfamilia : Chelonioidea 
Bauer, 1893

   

Palaeontologia

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Subdivisiones: Familiae

* Dermochelyidae

• Cheloniidae
• †Ctenochelyidae

Synonyma

Chelonii - Oppel, 1811

Chlonopteria - Rafinesque, 1814
Cheloniae - Schmid, 1819
Edigitata - Haworth, 1825
Oiacopodae - Wagler, 1828

Pterodactyli - Mayer, 1849

Species typica

Chelonia mydas Linnaeus, 1758

Distributio geographica et habitatio

Chelonoidea in omnibus oceanis praeter regiones polares inveniuntur. Natator depressus solum secundum septentrione Australiae litus, Lepidochelys kempii solum in Sinu Mexici et secundum Oram Orientalem Civitatum Foederatarum invenitur.

Cladogramma

Cladogramma sequens phylogeneticas testudinum maritimorum viventium et exstinctorum inter Chelonioidea coniunctiones monstrat, secundum Evers et al. 2019.

Phylogeneticae specierum Chelonioideorum viventium et exstinctarum coniunctiones  Panchelonioidea  †Toxochelys  †Protostegidae   Chelonioidea  †Corsochelys Dermochelyidae Pancheloniidae †Nichollsemys †Allopleuron

Notae

Lepidochelys olivacea nidum in Escobilla Beach Oaxacae Mexici facit.

Chelonia mydas ante Kona in Havaiis, 2008.

Bibliographia

• Bourjea, J., H. Sauvignet, et S. Ciccione. 2018. Les tortues marines 70 clés pour comprendre. Ed. Quae. ISBN 978-2-7592-2693-1.
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• Girard C., J. Sudre, S. Benhamoun, D. Roos, et P. Lusch. 2006. "Homing in green turtle Chelonia mydas: oceanic currents act as a constraint rather than an information source." Marine Ecology Progress 322: 281–89.
• Graff, David, et Javier Juste Ballesta. 1995. "Les tortues marines des îles du Golfe de Guinée." Canopée 5 (Maius).
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• Pelletier D., D. Roos, et S. Ciccione. 2003. "Oceanic survival and movements of wild and captive-reared immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the Indian Ocean." Aqua Liv Res 16: 35–41.
• Sizemore, Evelyn. 2002. The Turtle Lady: Ila Fox Loetscher of South Padre. Plano Texiae: Republic of Texas Press. ISBN 978-1-55622-896-4. Google Books.
• Spotila, James R. 2004. Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8007-0. Google Books.
• van Dijk, Peter Paul, John B. Inverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Bour Roger, et Anders G. J. Rhodin. 2011. "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status." Chelonian Research Monographs, 31 Decembris 2011. PDF.
• Witherington, Blair E. 2006. Sea Turtles: An Extraordinary Natural History of Some Uncommon Turtles. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-2644-2. Google Books.

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Chelonioidea spectant.

Vide "Chelonioidea" apud Vicispecies.

• "Sea Turtle Research and Conservation." Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.