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Dermochelyoidae

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90354https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90354
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Dermochelyoidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
-PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyChelonioideaBaur 1893
-DermochelyoidaeWilliams 1950
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dermochelyoidaeunranked cladebelongs to Chelonioideastated with evidenceHirayama, 1998
Dermochelyoidaeunranked cladebelongs to Chelonioideastated without evidencede Lapparent de Broin et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)10
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (30%)
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Chelonioidea)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. Hirayama. 1998. Oldest known sea turtle. Nature 392:705-708

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Alienochelys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
170.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Corsochelys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
583.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Dermochelys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Leatherback Sea Turtle411.6 Ma
Miocene
0 Ma
Extant
Ocepechelon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
170.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1950Dermochelyoidae Williams
1998Dermochelyoidae Hirayama
2014Dermochelyoidae de Lapparent de Broin et al.

References

Hirayama R. (1998) Oldest known sea turtle, Nature 392, 705-708
de Lapparent de Broin F., Bardet N., et al (2014) A strange new chelonioid turtle from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, Comptes Rendus Palevol 13 2, 87-95
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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