Biology:Dermochelyidae

Short description: Family of turtles

Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843
Genera
See text.
Synonyms
Sphargidae Gray, 1825 Dermatochelydae Fitzinger, 1843 Athecae Cope, 1871 Athecata Lydekker, 1889 Dermochelyidae Lydekker, 1889

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.

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

Hypothetical reconstruction of Psephophorus terrypratchetti

Phylogeny

Evers et al. (2019):

Panchelonioidea	†Toxochelys        †Protostegidae     Chelonioidea    †Corsochelys     Dermochelyidae       †Nichollsemys       †Allopleuron       Cheloniidae       †Argillochelys     †Procolpochelys       †Eochelone     †Puppigerus         †Ctenochelys     †Peritresius     †Cabindachelys

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. http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf. 

External links

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2738058 entry