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Phylum Chordata --> Vertebrata --> Gnathostomata --> Class Reptiles --> Ord. Turtle --> Cryptodira -->

Chelonioidea


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Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

"Caretta Caretta" by Live Zakynthos via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

"Green turtle Chelonia mydas" by Paul and Jill via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

"Diving Maldives: Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)" by Mal B via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs.

Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

"Leatherback sea turtle on the beach /Tinglar" by USFWS/Southeast via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.


Taxonomy:


Fam. Cheloniidae
Carettinae (Add)
Gen. Caretta (Add)
Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta

Caretta patriciae (Add)
Gen. Lepidochelys (Add)
Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii (Add)
Olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea (Add)
Lepidochelys waikatoica (Add)
Cheloniinae (Add)
Gen. Chelonia (Add)
Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas

Gen. Eretmochelys (Add)
Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

Gen. Natator (Add)
Flatback sea turtle, Natator depressus (Add)
Toxochelyinae (Add)
Gen. Ctenochelys (Add)
Gen. Osteopygis (Add)
Gen. Porthochelys (Add)
Gen. Prionochelys (Add)
Gen. Thinochelys (Add)
Gen. Toxochelys (Add)
Toxochelys latiremis (Add)
Toxochelys moorevillensis (Add)
Fam. Dermochelyidae

Gen. Corsochelys (Add)
Gen. Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys (Add)
Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

Gen. Maorichelys (Add)
Gen. Psephophorus (Add)
Psephophorus terrypratchetti (Add)
Fam. Protostegidae (Add)


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