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Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback sea turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo coriacea was named by Vandelli (1761). It is extant.
It was recombined as Coriudo coriacea by Fleming (1822); it was recombined as Dermochelys coriacea by Hay (1930), Mrososky and Pritchard (1971), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Coriudo coriacea by Fleming (1822); it was recombined as Dermochelys coriacea by Hay (1930), Mrososky and Pritchard (1971), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Rhodin et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1761 | Testudo coriacea Vandelli |
| 1766 | Testudo coriacea Linnaeus |
| 1771 | Testudo arcuata Catesby |
| 1788 | Testudo lyra Lacepede |
| 1801 | Testudo tuberculata Pennant in Schoepff |
| 1814 | Chelonias lutaria Rafinesque |
| 1820 | Sphargis mercurialis Merrem |
| 1822 | Coriudo coriacea Fleming |
| 1830 | Dermatochelys porcata Wagler |
| 1899 | Sphargis angusta Philippi |
| 1930 | Dermochelys coriacea Hay p. 68 |
| 1971 | Dermochelys coriacea Mrososky and Pritchard p. 625 |
| 2014 | Dermochelys coriacea van Dijk et al. |
| 2017 | Dermochelys coriacea Rhodin et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||