Dermochelyidae
Family of turtles
Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 reptiles 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]
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. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..845H. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
- ^ a b "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2.
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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 2012-01-31.
External links
- Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback turtles) from Turtles of the World by C.H. Ernst, R.G.M. Altenburg & R.W. Barbour
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Dermochelyidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Chelonioidea
- Family: Dermochelyidae
Species of the Dermochelyidae family |
- †Psephophorus californiensis
- †Psephophorus calvertensis
- †Psephophorus eocaenus
- †Psephophorus oregonesis
- †Psephophorus polygonus
- †Psephophorus rupeliensis
- †Psephophorus scaldii
- †Psephophorus terrypratchetti
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.