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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[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
Hypothetical reconstruction of Psephophorus terrypratchetti
Phylogeny
Evers et al. (2019):[4]
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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. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..845H. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
- 1 2 "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(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
Dermochelyidae family | ||||
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| †Arabemys | ||||
| †Corsochelys | ||||
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| Dermochelys | ||||
| †Eosphargis | ||||
| †Mesodermochelys | ||||
| †Psephophorus |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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