<==o "CHELONIOINEA" [=Cheloniidae] (merikilpikonnat)
   |--o †Toxochelyidae Baur, 1895 emend. Zangerl, 1953
   |  |?- Toxochelyidae genera indet. [Bantuchelys (Dollo, 1924, ex parte;)]
   |  |--o †Toxochelyinae Zangerl, 1953
   |  |  `--o †Toxochelys Cope, 1873
   |  |     |-- †T. latiremis Cope, 1873 [Synonyms]
   |  |     `-- †T. moorevillensis Zangerl, 1953
   |  `--o "Thinochelyinae"
   |     |?- †Catapleura repanda (Cope, 1868)
   |     |?- †Dollochelys
   |     `--+-- †Porthochelys laticeps Williston, 1901
   |        `-- †Thinochelys lapisossea Zangerl, 1953
   |--o †Osteopygidae
   |  |-- †Lytoloma
   |  |-- †Neurochelys
   |  `-- †Equelinesia
   `--o Cheloniidae (merikilpikonnat)
      |?- "Thalassochelys" libyca Andrews, 1901
      |?- "Thalassochelys" phosphatica De Stefano, 1903
      |?- "Trachyaspis" cf. aegyptiana Lydekker, 1889
      |?- Trachyaspis aegyptiana Lydekker, 1889 [Syllomus Cope, 1896]
      |?- "Euclastes" douvillei De Stefano, 1902
      |-- †Procolpochelys melii
      |-- †Platychelone
      |-- †Glyptochelone
      |-- †Eochelone brabantica
      |--o †Puppigerus
      |  |-- †P. camperi
      |  `-- †P. crassicostata
      |--o †Argillochelys
      |  |-- †A. cuneiceps
      |  |-- †A. antiqua
      |  `-- †A. athersuchii
      |-- Caretta caretta (valekarettikilpikonna)
      |--o Chelonia (liemikilpikonnat)
      |  |-- C. depressa ()?
      |  `--o C. mydas (liemikilpikonna)
      |     |-- C. m. mydas ()?
      |     `-- C. m. agassizi ()?
      |--o Eretmochelys imbricata (karettikilpikonna)
      |  |-- E. i. imbricata ()?
      |  `-- E. i. squamata ()?
      `--o Lepidochelys (bastardikilpikonnat)
         |-- L. kempi (tyynenmerenbastardikilpikonna)
         `-- L. olivacea (bastardikilpikonna)


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