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Cheloniidae
| Cheloniid sea turtles Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene,
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| A green sea turtle, a species of the family Cheloniidae, swimming over coral reefs in Kona, Hawaii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae Oppel, 1811[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Chelonia Brongniart, 1800
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Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as, having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs. They are the only sea turtles to have stronger front limbs than back limbs.[2] The six species that make up this family are: the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and the Kemp's ridley sea turtle.[3]
- ^ a b Rhodin 2011, p. 000.172
- ^ Pecor, Keith. "Cheloniidae". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
- ^ "Cheloniidae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
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