Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Full reference: R. Hirayama and T. Chitoku. 1996. Family Dermochelyidae (superfamily Chelonioidea) from the Upper Cretaceous of north Japan. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan. New series 184:597-622
Parent taxon: Dermochelyidae according to E. A. Cadena and J. F. Parham 2015
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Bardet et al. 2013, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014, Hirayama and Chitoku 1996, Hirayama and Hikida 1998 and Joyce 2007
Sister taxa: Arabemys, Chelonia californiensis, Dermochelyinae, Dermochelys, Egyptemys, Eosphargis, Maorichelys, Natemys, Psephophorus, Turgaiscapha
Subtaxa: Mesodermochelys undulatus
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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