Superfamily Chelonioidea Baur 1893 (sea turtle)
PaleoDB taxon number: 37685
Alternative spelling: Chelonoidea
Full reference: G. Baur. 1893. Notes on the classification of the Cryptodira. American Naturalist 27(319):672
Parent taxon: Pancryptodira according to E. A. Cadena and J. F. Parham 2015
Sister taxa: Macrobaenidae, Owadowia, Thalassemydidae, Xinjiangchelyidae
Subtaxa: Catapleura, Cheloniidae, Cimochelys, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Desmatochelyidae, Kimurachelys, Nichollsemys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae
Type: Cheloniidae
Ecology: