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Psephophorus
Taxonomy
Psephophorus was named by von Meyer (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Plio]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sphargididae by Andrews (1906); to Dermochelyinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermochelyidae by Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Dodd and Morgan (1992), de la Fuente et al. (1995), Köhler (1995), Hirayama (1995), Zug (2001), Lynch and Parham (2003), Joyce et al. (2004), Karl (2007), Delfino et al. (2013), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Peters et al. (2019), Fallon and Boessenecker (2020), Weems (2023), Robinson et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Sphargididae by Andrews (1906); to Dermochelyinae by Weems (1988); to Chelonia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermochelyidae by Hay (1930), Carroll (1988), Dodd and Morgan (1992), de la Fuente et al. (1995), Köhler (1995), Hirayama (1995), Zug (2001), Lynch and Parham (2003), Joyce et al. (2004), Karl (2007), Delfino et al. (2013), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Peters et al. (2019), Fallon and Boessenecker (2020), Weems (2023), Robinson et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1847 | Psephophorus von Meyer |
| 1906 | Psephophorus Andrews |
| 1930 | Psephophorus Hay p. 69 |
| 1988 | Psephophorus Carroll |
| 1988 | Psephophorus Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2 |
| 1992 | Psephophorus Dodd, Jr. and Morgan p. 3 |
| 1995 | Psephophorus Hirayama p. 282 |
| 1995 | Psephophorus Köhler |
| 1995 | Psephophorus de la Fuente et al. |
| 2001 | Psephophorus Zug p. 213 |
| 2002 | Psephophorus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Psephophorus Lynch and Parham |
| 2004 | Psephophorus Joyce et al. |
| 2007 | Psephophorus Karl p. 52 |
| 2013 | Psephophorus Delfino et al. |
| 2017 | Psephophorus Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2019 | Psephophorus Peters et al. p. 126 |
| 2020 | Psephophorus Fallon and Boessenecker |
| 2023 | Psephophorus Weems |
| 2024 | Psephophorus Robinson et al. p. 574 |
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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 pseudostracion Gervais 1849
†Psephophorus rupeliensis Van Beneden 1883
†Psephophorus scaldii van Beneden 1871
†Psephophorus terrypratchetti Köhler 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available