Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Chelonia olivacea

Synonyms: Caretta remivaga Hay 1908, Cephalochelys oceanica Gray 1873, Chelonia dussumierii Dumeril and Bibron 1835, Thalassochelys controversa Philippi 1899, Thalassochelys tarapacona Philippi 1887

Belongs to Lepidochelys according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017

See also Mrososky and Pritchard 1971 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Caouana ruppellii, Chelonia dubia, Chelonia polyaspis, Lepidochelys kempii, Testudo bomarii

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lepidochelys olivacea in the database

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