Miocaretta
Miocaretta is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene era in what is now Sri Lanka. It was first named by Paul E. P. Deraniyagala in 1967. The type and only species is M. lankae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Miocaretta Deraniyagala, 1967 |
| Species: | †M. lankae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Miocaretta lankae Deraniyagala, 1967 | |
References
- P. E. P. Deraniyagala (1967). "Some new Miocene vertebrates from Ceylon". Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science Proceedings. 23 (1): 50.
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Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| †Allopleuron | ||||
| †Argillochelys | ||||
| Caretta | ||||
| †Carolinochelys | ||||
| Chelonia | ||||
| †Eochelone |
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| Eretmochelys | ||||
| †Gigantatypus | ||||
| †Glarichelys |
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| †Itilochelys | ||||
| Lepidochelys |
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| †Mexichelys | ||||
| †Miocaretta |
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| Natator | ||||
| †Pacifichelys |
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| †Syllomus |
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| †Tasbacka |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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