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Dermochelys (Leatherback sea turtle)
Taxonomy
Dermochelys was named by de Blainville (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidea.
It was assigned to Dermochelyinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Dermochelyidae by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), van Dijk et al. (2014), Rhodin et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Dermochelyinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); to Cryptodira by Joyce (2007); to Testudines by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Dermochelyoidae by Bardet et al. (2013), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2014); and to Dermochelyidae by Hay (1930), Kuhn (1966), Carroll (1988), Hirayama (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), van Dijk et al. (2014), Rhodin et al. (2017).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1814 | Chelonias Rafinesque |
| 1815 | Chelyra Rafinesque |
| 1816 | Dermochelys de Blainville |
| 1822 | Coriudo Fleming |
| 1828 | Scytina Wagler |
| 1829 | Dermochelis Cuvier |
| 1829 | Dermochelis atlantica LeSueur in Cuvier |
| 1830 | Dermatochelys Wagler |
| 1832 | Chelyra Rafinesque |
| 1875 | Sphargis Cope p. 50 |
| 1930 | Dermochelys Hay p. 68 |
| 1966 | Dermochelys Kuhn p. 29 |
| 1988 | Dermochelys Carroll |
| 1988 | Dermochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1995 | Dermochelys Hirayama p. 282 |
| 1996 | Dermochelys Frank and Ramus |
| 2002 | Dermochelys Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Dermochelys Joyce |
| 2009 | Dermochelys Anquetin et al. |
| 2013 | Dermochelys Bardet et al. |
| 2014 | Dermochelys de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2014 | Dermochelys van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Dermochelys Rhodin et al. |
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G. Dermochelys de Blainville 1816 [Leatherback sea turtle]
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Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli 1761 [Leatherback sea turtle]
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Invalid names: Chelonias lutaria Rafinesque 1814 [synonym], Dermatochelys porcata Wagler 1830 [synonym], Sphargis angusta Philippi 1899 [synonym], Sphargis mercurialis Merrem 1820 [synonym], Testudo arcuata Catesby 1771 [synonym], Testudo lyra Lacepede 1788 [synonym], Testudo tuberculata Pennant in Schoepff 1801 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chelonias Rafinesque 1814 [nomen oblitum], Chelyra Rafinesque 1815 [nomen nudum], Chelyra Rafinesque 1832 [synonym], Coriudo Fleming 1822 [objective synonym], Dermatochelys Wagler 1830 [synonym], Dermochelis Cuvier 1829 [synonym], Dermochelis atlantica LeSueur in Cuvier 1829 [nomen nudum], Scytina Wagler 1828 [synonym], Sphargis Merrem [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (California) | Dermochelys sp. (13300) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Dermochelys coriacea (21688) | |
| Holocene | Oman | Dermochelys coriacea (198544 198545) |