Dermochelyidae
Dermochelyidae | |
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Dermochelys family.
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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] |
Genera | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Dermochelyidae is a
genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles
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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
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- ^ a b "Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history" (PDF): 21–2.
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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.