Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Chelonioidea – sea turtles

After Hirayama, 1997, 1998, Moody, 1997, Hooks, 1998 and Lapparent de Broin, 2000

<==o Chelonioidea (Gray, 1825) Bauer, 1893 (Seaturtles; merikilpikonnat)
   |--o Dermochelyoidea (Gray, 1825) Baur, 1888 sensu Hirayama, 1997, 1998 (leatherback turtles and relatives; merinahkakilpikonnansukuiset merikilpikonnat)
   |  |?- †Cimochelys benstedi (Mantell, 1841) Zangerl, 1960 [taxonomic history]
   |  |?- †“Protostega” eaglefordensis Zangerl, 1953; L. Cret. NA.
   |  |?- †Thalassemyidae Rütimeyer, 1878
   |  `--o Dermochelyoidea sensu Hirayama 1998
   |     |-- Dermochelyidae Gray, 1825 (leatherback turtles; merinahkakilpikonnat)
   |     `--o Protostegidae Cope, 1872 sensu Hirayama 1998, and Lehman & Tomlinson, 2004
   |        |-- †Santanachelys gaffneyi Hirayama, 1998; L. Cret. ESA.
   |        `--+-- †Notochelone costata (Owen, 1882); L. Cret. Aust.
   |           |-- †Terlinguachelys fischbecki Lehman & Tomlinson, 2004; U.Cret. SWNA.
   |           `--+-- †Desmatochelyidae Williston, 1894 sensu Elliott, Irby & Hutchinson, 1997 and Moody, 1997
   |              `-- †Protostegidae Cope, 1872 sensu Moody, 1997, and Hooks, 1998
   `--o Cheloniidae Gray, 1825 sensu Hirayama, 1997 [Pan-Cheloniidae Joyce, Parham & Gauthier, 2004] (chelonians, seaturtles; merikilpikonnat)
      |-- †Toxochelyidae Baur, 1895 emend. Zangerl, 1953
      `--o Cheloniidae Gray, 1825 sensu lato
         |?- †“Thalassochelys” libyca Andrews, 1901
         |?- †“Thalassochelys” phosphatica De Stefano, 1903 [is a Bothremyid pleurodire]
         |?- †“Trachyaspis” cf. T. aegyptiana Lydekker, 1889
         |?- †Trachyaspis aegyptiana Lydekker, 1889 [Syllomus Cope, 1896]
         |?- †“Euclastes” douvillei De Stefano, 1902
         |--o †Lophochelyinae Zangerl, 1953 [Toxochelyidae:]
         |  |?-o †Lophochelys Zangerl, 1953
         |  |  |-- †L. natatrix Zangerl, 1953
         |  |  |-- †L. niobrarae Zangerl, 1953
         |  |  `-- †L. venatrix Zangerl, 1953
         |  |?- †Neurochelys Moody, 1980
         |  |?- †Oertelia gigantea (Oertel, 1914) Karl, Biermann & Tichy, 2012 [Toxochelys gigantea Oertel, 1914]
         |  |-- †Ctenochelys stenoporus (Hay, 1905); U. Cret. NA. WEu. [taxonomic history]
         |  `--+-- †Prionochelys nauta Zangerl, 1953 [?P. matutina Zangerl, 1953; P. galeotergum Zangerl, 1953]
         |     `--o †Peritresius Leidy, 1856 [taxonomic history]
         |        |-- †P. ornatus Baird, 1964 [taxonomic history]
         |        `-- †P. martini Gentry, Parham, Ehret & Ebersole, 2018
         `--+?- †“Catapleura” arcansaw Schmidt, 1944; U. Cret. NA.
            |--o †Euclastes Cope, 1867 [Osteopygidae sensu Hirayama, 1997] [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. platyops Cope, 1867 [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. wielandi (Hay, 1908) [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. gosseleti (Dollo, 1886) [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. meridionalis (de la Fuente & Casadío, 2000) [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. planimenta (Owen, 1842) [taxonomic history]
            |  |-- †E. roundsi (Weems, 1988) [taxonomic history]
            |  `-- †E. hutchisoni Lynch & Parham, 2003 [taxonomic history]
            `-- Cheloniidae Gray, 1825 (Green turtles and relatives; merikilpikonnat)

<==o Cheloniidae sensu lato
   |-- †Toxochelys
   `--+-- †Lophochleyinae (sic)
      `--+--o †Euclastes
         |  |-- †E. gosseleti
         |  `-- †E. hutchisoni
         `--+-- †Argillochelys
            |-- †Puppigerus
            |-- †Eochelone
            `--o Cheloniidae sensu stricto
               |-- †Syllomus
               |-- Natator
               `--+?- †Procolpochelys
                  |-- Chelonia
                  |-- Eretmochelys
                  `--o Carettini
                     |-- Lepidochelys
                     `-- Caretta

Reference(s):

• Elliott, D. K., Irby, G. V. & Hutchinson, J. H., 1997: Desmatochelys lowi, a marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous. 243-258.
  in Callaway, J. M. & Nicholls, E. L., (eds.) 1997: Ancient Marine Reptiles.
  –Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, 1997, xlvi-501
• Gentry, A. D., Parham, J. F., Ehret, D. J. & Ebersole, J. A., 2018: A new species of Peritresius Leidy, 1856 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alabama, USA, and the occurrence of the genus within the Mississippi Embayment of North America.
  –Plos One: Vol. 13, #4, Art.nr. e0195651, pp. 1-24) [doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195651]
• Hirayama, R., 1997: Distribution and diversity of Cretaceous chelonioids. 225-243.
  in Callaway, J. M. & Nicholls, E. L., (eds.), 1997: Ancient marine reptiles.
  –Academic Press, San Diego, 1997, pp. xlvi - 501
• Hirayama, R., 1998: Oldest known sea turtle.
  –Nature: Vol. 392, 16 April, pp. 705-708
• Hooks, III, G. E., 1998: Systematic revision of the Protostegidae, with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953.
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, pp. 85-98
• Joyce, W. G., Parham, J. F. & Gauthier, J. A., 2004: Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplifies by turtles.
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 78, #5, pp. 989-1013 [doi: 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0989:Dapftc>2.0.Co;2]
• Lapparent de Broin, F. de, 2000: African chelonians from the Jurassic to the Present: Phases of development and preliminary catalogue of the fossil record.
  –Palaeontologica Africana:Vol. 36, pp. 43-82
• Lehman, T. M. & Tomlinson, S. L., 2004: Terlinguachelys fischbecki, a new genus and species of sea turtle (Chelonioidea: Protostegidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas.
  –Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 78, #6, pp. 1163-1178
• Lynch, S. C. & Parham, J. F., 2003: The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters.
  –PaleoBios: Vol. 23, #3, pp. 21-35
• Meylan, P. A. & Ganko, E., 1997: Cheloniidae.
  –iNet: The Tree of Life Project (proposed page): http://www.eckerd.edu/turtles/polycryptodira/terminal/cheloniidae.html
• Moody, R. T. J., 1997: The paleogeography of marine and coastal turtles of the North Atlantic and Trans-Saharan regions. 259-278
  in Callaway, J. M. & Nicholls, E. L., (eds.) 1997: Ancient Marine Reptiles.
  –Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New York, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, 1997, xlvi-501
• Nicholls, E. L., 1988: New material of Toxochelys latiremis Cope, and a revision of the genus Toxochelys (Testudines, Chelonioidea).
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 8, #2, pp. 181-187
• Parham, J. F., 2005: A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA).
  –Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 25, #1, pp. 71-77
• Uetz, P., Etzold, T. & Chenna, R., 1995-2000: The Reptile Database [former “EMBL Reptile Database”].
  –iNet: http://www.reptile-database.org/
• Zug, G. R., 2001: Turtles of the Lee Creek Mine (Pliocene: North Carolina). 203-218
  in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology an paleoecology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
  –Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Nr. 90, iii-365