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=== Cladogram === Below is a [[cladogram]] showing the phylogenetic relationships of living and extinct sea turtles in the Chelonioidea based on Evers et al. (2019):<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Evers|first1=Serjoscha W.|last2=Barrett|first2=Paul M.|last3=Benson|first3=Roger B. J.|date=2019-05-01|title=Anatomy of ''Rhinochelys pulchriceps'' (Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids|journal=PeerJ|volume=7|pages=e6811|doi=10.7717/peerj.6811|issn=2167-8359|pmc=6500378|pmid=31106054 |doi-access=free }}</ref> {| style="margin:auto;" |- | {{cladogram|title=Phylogenetic relations of living and extinct chelonioid species |align=left |clades={{Clade|style=font-size:85%;line-height:85%;width:500px |label1=[[Panchelonioidea]] |1={{Clade |1=†''[[Toxochelys]]'' |2={{Clade |1=†[[Protostegidae]] [[File:Protostega gigas.jpg|70 px]] |label2=[[Chelonioidea]] |2={{Clade |1=†''[[Corsochelys]]'' |2=[[Dermochelyidae]] [[File:Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles (Dermochelys coriacea).jpg|70 px]] |label3=[[Pancheloniidae]] |3={{Clade |1=†''[[Nichollsemys]]'' |2={{Clade |1=†''[[Allopleuron]]'' |2={{Clade |1=[[Cheloniidae]] [[File:Erpétologie générale, ou, Histoire naturelle complète des reptiles (Chelonia mydas).jpg|70 px]] |2={{Clade |1=†''[[Argillochelys]]'' |2=†''[[Procolpochelys]]'' |3={{Clade |1=†''[[Eochelone]]'' |2=†''[[Puppigerus]]'' }} |4={{Clade |1=†''[[Ctenochelys]]'' |2=†''[[Peritresius]]'' |3=†''[[Cabindachelys]]'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} |} An alternate phylogeny was proposed by Castillo-Visa ''et al.'' (2022):<ref name=":19" /> {{clade|{{clade |1=†[[Toxochelyidae]] |2={{clade |1=†[[Protostegidae]] |2=†''[[Corsochelys]]'' |label3='''Chelonioidea''' |3= {{clade |label1=[[Dermochelyidae]] |1={{clade |1=†''[[Eosphargis]]'' |2=''[[Dermochelys]]'' }} |2={{clade |1=†''[[Nichollsemys]]'' |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=†''[[Leviathanochelys]]'' |2=†''[[Allopleuron]]'' }} |2={{clade |1=†''[[Procolpochelys]]'' |2={{clade |1=†''[[Argillochelys]]'' |2={{clade |1=†''[[Eochelone]]'' |2=†''[[Puppigerus]]'' }} |label3=[[Ctenochelyidae]] |3={{clade |1=†''[[Cabindachelys]]'' |2=†''[[Ctenochelys]]'' |3=†''[[Peritresius]]'' }} |label4=[[Cheloniidae]] |4={{clade |1=''[[Natator]]'' |2=''[[Eretmochelys]]'' |3=''[[Chelonia]]'' |4={{clade |1=''[[Lepidochelys kempii]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Caretta]]'' |2=''[[Lepidochelys olivacea]]'' }}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}|style=font-size:85%;line-height:85%|label1=[[Panchelonioidea]]}}
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