Dermochelyidae

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Dermochelyidae
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma
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Stralsund, Germany, Meeresmuseum, Risenschildkröte (2006-10-23).JPG
Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Dermochelyidae
Fitzinger, 1843[1]
Genera

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Sphargidae Gray, 1825
  • Dermatochelydae Fitzinger, 1843
  • Athecae Cope, 1871
  • Athecata Lydekker, 1889
  • Dermochelyidae Lydekker, 1889

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]
Hypothetical reconstruction of Psephophorus terrypratchetti

Phylogeny[]

Evers et al. (2019):[4]

 Panchelonioidea 

Toxochelys

 †Protostegidae 

 Chelonioidea 

Corsochelys

Dermochelyidae

Nichollsemys

Allopleuron

Cheloniidae

Argillochelys

Procolpochelys

Eochelone

Puppigerus

Ctenochelys

Peritresius

Cabindachelys

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rhodin 2011, p. 000.174
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ 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.

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