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Chelonia (green sea turtle)
Taxonomy
Chelonia was named by Brongniart (1800) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R
also attributed to Latreille 1802 in Sonnini and Latreille]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Chelonidae by Dodd and Morgan (1992); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Cheloniidae by Cope (1875), Cope (1884), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001), Holman (2002) and de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Chelonidae by Dodd and Morgan (1992); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Cheloniidae by Cope (1875), Cope (1884), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Berry and Lynn (1936), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Zug (2001), Holman (2002) and de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Cheloniinae by Weems (1988), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
Species
C. castanea, C. cuvieri, C. girundica, C. gwinneri, C. harvicensis, C. hoffmanni (syn. Chelone camperi), C. hofmanni, C. mydas (syn. Testudo macropus, C. lachrymata, Caretta thunbergii, C. virgata, C. maculosa, Testudo cepediana, C. albiventer, C. marmorata, Testudo japonica, C. grisea, Testudo viridis, C. bicarinata, Caretta cepedii, Caretta esculenta, Testudo chloronotus, C. agassizii, C. lata, C. formosa, C. tenuis), C. oligocena, C. parvitecta, Euchelys macropus
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1800 | Chelonia Brongniart |
| 1805 | Chelona Brongniart |
| 1829 | Chelonia castanea Eschscholtz |
| 1843 | Mydasea Gervais |
| 1848 | Megemys Gistel |
| 1858 | Euchelys Girard |
| 1875 | Chelonia Cope p. 51 |
| 1884 | Chelonia Cope |
| 1902 | Chelonia Hay p. 443 |
| 1930 | Chelonia Hay p. 80 |
| 1936 | Chelonia Berry and Lynn p. 189 |
| 1988 | Chelonia Carroll |
| 1988 | Chelonia Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1992 | Chelonia Dodd, Jr. and Morgan p. 3 |
| 1995 | Chelonia Hirayama p. 282 |
| 1996 | Chelonia Frank and Ramus |
| 2001 | Chelonia Zug p. 212 |
| 2002 | Chelonia Holman |
| 2002 | Chelonia Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Chelonia Joyce |
| 2009 | Chelonia Anquetin et al. |
| 2014 | Chelonia de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2014 | Chelonia van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Chelonia Rhodin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Chelonia Brongniart 1800 [green sea turtle]
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†Chelonia cuvieri Gray 1831
†Chelonia girundica Delfortrie 1869
†Chelonia gwinneri Wegner 1917
†Chelonia harvicensis Woodward 1830
†Chelonia hofmanni Gray 1831
Chelonia mydas Linnaeus 1758 [green turtle]
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Invalid names: Caretta cepedii Merrem 1820 [synonym], Caretta esculenta Merrem 1820 [synonym], Caretta thunbergii Merrem 1820 [synonym], Chelonia agassizii Bocourt 1868 [synonym], Chelonia albiventer Nardo 1864 [synonym], Chelonia bicarinata Lesson 1831 [synonym], Chelonia formosa Girard 1858 [synonym], Chelonia grisea Eschscholtz 1829 [synonym], Chelonia lachrymata Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Chelonia lata Philippi 1887 [synonym], Chelonia maculosa Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Chelonia marmorata Dumeril and Bibron 1835 [synonym], Chelonia tenuis Girard 1858 [synonym], Chelonia virgata Schweigger 1812 [synonym], Testudo cepediana Daudin 1801 [synonym], Testudo chloronotus Bechstein 1800 [synonym], Testudo japonica Thunberg 1787 [synonym], Testudo macropus Gmelin 1789 [synonym], Testudo viridis Schneider 1783 [synonym]
†Chelonia oligocena Ciobanu 1977
†Chelonia parvitecta Cope 1870
Invalid names: Chelona Brongniart 1805 [synonym], Chelonia castanea Eschscholtz 1829 [nomen oblitum], Euchelys Girard 1858 [synonym], Megemys Gistel 1848 [synonym], Mydasea Gervais 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Chelonia indet. (231039) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Romania (Hunedoara) | Chelonia indet. (219176) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Allopleuron hoffmanni (138726) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom | Neurochelys harvicensis (167275) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia indet. (68021) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | Chelonia oligocena (113962) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan | Chelonia aralis (74900) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | Glarichelys gwinneri (45737) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA (New Jersey) | Chelone parvitecta (50944) | |
| Burdigalian | France | Chelonia girundica (171361) | |
| Burdigalian | France (Bordeaux) | Chelonia girundica (48660) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Kansas) | Chelonia sp. (18140) | |
| Zanclean | USA (Florida) | Chelonia sp. (95374) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Chelonia sp. (52582) | |
| Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Chelonia mydas (20624) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Chelonia mydas (34269) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Chelonia mydas (191983) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Chelonia depressa, Chelonia mydas (21688) | |
| Holocene | Oman | Chelonia mydas (198556) |