• Source: Dermochelyidae

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.

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




Phylogeny


Evers et al. (2019):




References






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


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

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