Dermochelyidae
| Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma | |
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| Dermochelys is the only living representative of the leatherback turtles. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Dermochelyoidae |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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The Dermochelyidae are 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
- †Corsochelys haliniches
- †Eosphargis breineri
- †Mesodermochelys undulatus
- †Ocepechelon bouyai[3]
- Subfamily Dermochelyinae[4]
- †Cosmochelys
- Dermochelys coriacea – leatherback sea turtle[4]
- †Psephophorus
References
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Bardet, N.; Jalil, N. E.; De Lapparent De Broin, F.; Germain, D.; Lambert, O.; Amaghzaz, M. (2013). Viriot, Laurent, ed. "A Giant Chelonioid Turtle from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a Suction Feeding Apparatus Unique among Tetrapods". PLoS ONE 8 (7): e63586. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063586.
- 1 2 "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2.
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". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
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