Dermochelyidae Explained

Dermochelyidae is a family of sea turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, containing one living species, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The oldest fossils of the group date to the Late Cretaceous.

Classification of known genera

The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted.^[1]

• Arabemys crassiscutata
• †Eosphargis breineri
• Mesodermochelys undulatus
• Subfamily Dermochelyinae
  • †Cosmochelys
  • Dermochelys coriacea – leatherback sea turtle^[2]
  • †Psephophorus

Phylogeny

Evers et al. (2019):^[3]

Bibliography

• Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status . Chelonian Research Monographs . 5 . 2011-12-31 . Rhodin, Anders G.J. . van Dijk, Peter Paul . Inverson, John B. . Shaffer, H. Bradley . Roger, Bour . https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf . 2012-01-31 . dead .

External links

• Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback turtles) from Turtles of the World by C.H. Ernst, R.G.M. Altenburg & R.W. Barbour

Notes and References

1. Hirayama . R. . Tong . H. . 2003 . Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco . Palaeontology . 46 . 5. 845–856 . 10.1111/1475-4983.00322. 2003Palgy..46..845H . free .
2. Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history. 21–2.
3. 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. 10.7717/peerj.6811. 2167-8359. 6500378. 31106054 . free .