Dermochelyidae
Dermochelyidae Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous-Holocene, | |
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Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
Genera | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.
Classification of known genera[]
The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted.[2]
- †Arabemys crassiscutata
- †Eosphargis breineri
- †Mesodermochelys undulatus
- Subfamily Dermochelyinae[3]
- †Cosmochelys
- Dermochelys coriacea – leatherback sea turtle[3]
- †Psephophorus
Phylogeny[]
Evers et al. (2019):[4]
Panchelonioidea |
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References[]
- ^ a b Rhodin 2011, p. 000.174
- ^ Hirayama, R.; Tong, H. (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
- ^ a b "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2. Cite journal requires
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(help) - ^ Evers, Serjoscha W.; Barrett, Paul M.; Benson, Roger B. J. (2019-05-01). "Anatomy of Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids". PeerJ. 7: e6811. doi:10.7717/peerj.6811. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 6500378. PMID 31106054.
Bibliography[]
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
External links[]
Categories:
- Dermochelyidae
- Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
- Turtle families
- Santonian first appearances
- Santonian taxonomic families
- Campanian taxonomic families
- Maastrichtian taxonomic families
- Danian taxonomic families
- Selandian taxonomic families
- Thanetian taxonomic families
- Ypresian taxonomic families
- Lutetian taxonomic families
- Bartonian taxonomic families
- Priabonian taxonomic families
- Rupelian taxonomic families
- Chattian taxonomic families
- Aquitanian taxonomic families
- Burdigalian taxonomic families
- Langhian taxonomic families
- Serravallian taxonomic families
- Tortonian taxonomic families
- Messinian taxonomic families
- Zanclean taxonomic families
- Piacenzian taxonomic families
- Gelasian taxonomic families
- Calabrian taxonomic families
- Ionian taxonomic families
- Tarantian taxonomic families
- Holocene taxonomic families
- Extant Santonian first appearances