Cheloniidae

     1.  Large marine turtles
     2.  Low, streamlined shell and powerful flippers
     3.  Alaskan current keeps most of the genera south of Oregon

     Cheloniidae - Sea Turtles
          Caretta caretta
          Chelonia mydas
          Eretmochelys imbricata
          Lepidochelys olivacea

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