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Dermochelyidae (leatherback)

Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Sphargididae Gray
1871Sphargidae Cope p. 235
1873Sphargididae Leidy p. 342
1875Sphargididae Cope p. 16
1889Dermochelyidae Lydekker
1890Dermochelydidae Zittel p. 517
1893Dermochelyidae Baur p. 673
1898Sphargidae Gadow p. 21
1899Psephophoridae Goette
1902Dermochelyidae Hay p. 436
1906Sphargidae Andrews
1911Dermochelydidae Jaekel p. 187
1928Sphargidae Perrier p. 3115
1930Dermochelyidae Hay p. 67
1937Chelonia californiensis Gilmore figs. 1, 6; Plate 14
1966Dermochelyidae Kuhn p. 29
1975Dermochelyidae Gaffney p. 429
1981Dermochelidae Thurmond and Jones p. 135
1988Dermochelyidae Carroll
1988Dermochelyidae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1992Dermochelyidae Dodd, Jr. and Morgan p. 3
1995Dermochelyidae Hirayama p. 3
1995Dermochelyidae Köhler
1995Dermochelyidae de la Fuente et al.
1996Dermochelyidae Frank and Ramus
1996Dermochelyidae Hirayama and Chitoku p. 598
1998Dermochelyidae Hirayama
1998Dermochelyidae Hirayama and Hikida p. 70
2004Dermochelyidae Joyce et al.
2006Dermochelyidae Parmley et al. p. 345
2007Dermochelyidae Karl p. 52
2007Dermochelyidae Karl and Tichy
2012Dermochelyidae Otero et al. p. 126
2014Dermochelyidae van Dijk et al.
2017Dermochelyidae Rhodin et al.
2020Dermochelyidae Fallon and Boessenecker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyDermochelyidaeLydekker 1889
familyDermochelyidaeLydekker 1889

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.

Fm. Dermochelyidae Lydekker 1889 [leatherback]
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G. †Arabemys Tong et al. 1999
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Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al. 1999
Subfm. †Dermochelyinae
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G. †Cosmochelys Andrews 1920
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Cosmochelys dolloi Andrews 1920
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 1832 [synonym], Chelyra Rafinesque 1815 [nomen nudum], 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]
G. †Egyptemys Wood et al. 1996
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Egyptemys eocaenus Andrews 1901
Egyptemys oregonensis Packard 1940
G. †Eosphargis Lydekker 1889
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Eosphargis breineri Nielsen 1959
Eosphargis gigas Owen 1880
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Invalid names: Anglocetus beatsoni Tarlo 1963 [synonym]
Eosphargis insularis Cope 1872
Invalid names: Anglocetus Tarlo 1963 [synonym]
G. †Maorichelys Karl and Tichy 2007
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Maorichelys wiffeni Karl and Tichy 2007
G. †Mesodermochelys Hirayama and Chitoku 1996
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Mesodermochelys undulatus Hirayama and Chitoku 1996
G. †Natemys Wood et al. 1996
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Natemys peruvianus Wood et al. 1996
G. †Psephophorus von Meyer 1847
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Psephophorus polygonus von Meyer 1847
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Invalid names: Psephophorus calvertensis Palmer 1909 [synonym]
Psephophorus rupeliensis Van Beneden 1883
Psephophorus scaldii van Beneden 1871
G. †Turgaiscapha Averianov 2002
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Turgaiscapha kushmurunica Averianov 2002
Invalid names: Chelonia californiensis Gilmore 1937 [invalid subgroup], Psephophoridae Goette 1899 [synonym], Sphargidae Gray 1825 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928 (Sphargidae)Tortues marines. Carapace constituée par de très nombreuses petites plaques osseuses, disposées en mosaïque, indépendantes des vertèbres et des côtes, et recouverte par un tégument ayant la consistance du cuir ; membres en forme de palette, sans ongles. Cou non rétractile.