FAMILY CHELONIIDAE Oppel 1811, 4

(4 genera, 4 species). Oppel used Chelonii in his key to the Chéloniens.

Caretta Rafinesque 1814, 66 (1 species) Caretta caretta (Linnaeus 1758, 197)

Chelonia Brongniart 1800, 89 (1 species) Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus 1758, 197) Eretmochelys Fitzinger 1843, 30 (1 species)

Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus 1766, 350)

Lepidochelys Fitzinger 1843, 30 (1 species)

Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz 1829, 3)