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Miocaretta
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.

References

  1. 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
Genera
Species of the Cheloniidae family
Allopleuron
Argillochelys
Caretta
Carolinochelys
Chelonia
Eochelone
Eretmochelys
Gigantatypus
Glarichelys
Itilochelys
Lepidochelys
Mexichelys
Miocaretta
Natator
Pacifichelys
Syllomus
Tasbacka
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
Taxon identifiers
Miocaretta


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