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Panchelonioidea

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Panchelonioidea
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to Holocene 120–0 Ma
Fossil of Toxochelys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Americhelydia
Clade: Panchelonioidea
Joyce et al., 2004

Panchelonioidea is a clade of marine turtles that includes the sea turtles and related taxa.

Phylogeny

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Evers et al. (2019):[1]

 Panchelonioidea 

References

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  1. ^ Evers, Serjoscha W.; Barrett, Paul M.; Benson, Roger B. J. (2019-05-01). "Anatomy of Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids". PeerJ. 7: e6811. doi:10.7717/peerj.6811. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6500378. PMID 31106054.