Dermochelyidae
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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]
- <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Arabemys crassiscutata
- <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Corsochelys haliniches
- †Eosphargis breineri
- <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Mesodermochelys undulatus
- <templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Ocepechelon bouyai[3]
- Subfamily Dermochelyinae[4]
- †Cosmochelys
- Dermochelys coriacea – leatherback sea turtle[4]
- †Psephophorus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
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Bibliography
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External links
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Turtle family Dermochelyidae
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Species of the family Dermochelyidae
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status.
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Extant turtle taxonomy
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