Dermochelyidae
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| Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent |
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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 |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has eight extinct and one extant genera.
[edit] Classification of known genera
- Subfamily Desmatochelyinae[2]
- Subfamily Allopleuroninae [2]
- Subfamily Dermochelyinae [2]
- Cosmochelys [2]
- Dermochelys [2]
- Dermochelys coriacea – Leatherback sea turtle [2]
- Psephophorus [2]
- Also
[edit] References
- ^ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 000.94. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5uzfktoIh.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Natural history of seas turtles: paleontologic history. pp. 21–2. http://www.scistp.org/resources/docs/2007_handbook_5_21-22.pdf.
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