Cheloniidae

Cheloniid sea turtles; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene,
	A green sea turtle, a species of the family Cheloniidae, swimming over coral reefs in Kona, Hawaii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae; Oppel, 1811
Type genus
	Chelonia; Brongniart, 1800
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Chelonii - Oppel, 1811; Cheloniadae - Gray, 1825; Carettidae - Gray, 1825; Mydae - Ritgen, 1828; Chelonidae - Bonaparte, 1832; Cheloniidae - Cope, 1868;

Cheloniidae is a family of typically large marine turtles that are characterised by their common traits such as, having a flat streamlined wide and rounded shell and almost paddle-like flippers for their forelimbs. They are the only sea turtles to have stronger front limbs than back limbs.^[2] The six species that make up this family are: the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, olive ridley sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, flatback sea turtle and the Kemp's ridley sea turtle.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Rhodin et al. 2021, p. ^{[page needed]}.
^ Pecor, Keith. "Cheloniidae". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
^ Robinson, N.J.; Paladino, F.V. (2013). "Sea Turtles". Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.04352-9. ISBN 978-0-12-409548-9. The Cheloniidae contain six extant species within five genera: the flatback turtle (Natator depressus), the green turtle (Chelonia mydas), the hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta), the Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) and the olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea).