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Toxochelyidae ✝
| Description | Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle, and leatherback sea turtle. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxochelyidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Toxochelyidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Chelonioidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxochelyidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lophochelyinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Macrobaeninae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Osteopyginae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
| Toxochelyinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 56.8 Ma Paleocene | |
| Lophochelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Oertelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Porthochelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Prionochelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 16 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Propleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Thinochelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Toxocheloides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Plesiochelys belviderensis (Cragin, 1902) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae : Plesiochelys belviderensis |
| Glyptops belviderensis (Cragin, 1902) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Toxochelyidae : Glyptops belviderensis |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Toxochelyidae Baur |
| 1902 | Plesiochelys belviderensis Cragin p. 71 figs. pi. ii, figs. 1-8. |
| 1902 | Plesiochelys belviderensis Hay p. 439 |
| 1902 | Toxochelyidae Hay p. 442 |
| 1908 | Glyptops belviderensis Hay p. 53 figs. Plate 7, figs. 4, 5 |
| 1908 | Toxochelyidae Hay p. 162 |
| 1911 | Toxochelyidae Jaekel p. 187 |
| 1946 | Toxochelyidae Kuhn p. 58 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1966 | Toxochelyidae Kuhn p. 27 |
| 1975 | Toxochelyidae Gaffney p. 429 |
| 1981 | Toxochelyidae Thurmond and Jones p. 128 |
| 1988 | Toxochelyidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Toxochelyidae Nicholls p. 185 |
| 1988 | Toxochelyidae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 2012 | Toxochelyidae Karl et al. |
| 2012 | Toxochelyidae Karl and Nyhuis |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
