Dermochelyidae is a

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of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.

Classification of known genera

The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted. * ''

Arabemys crassiscutata ''Arabemys'' is an extinct genus of sea turtle. It was first named in 1999, and contains one species, ''A. crassiscutata''. It is known from deposits of Late Paleocene or Early Eocene age near the village of Linah in northern Saudi Arabia () ...

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Eosphargis breineri ''Eosphargis'' is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Eocene of Africa, Europe, and North America. It was first named by Richard Lydekker in 1889, and contains one species, ''E. gigas''. The species is also known as ''Anglocetus beatso ...

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Mesodermochelys undulatus ''Mesodermochelys'' is an extinct genus of sea turtle known from the Campanian to the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of what today is Japan.Hirayama R. (2007). "Cranial morphology of ''Mesodermochelys'' (Chelonioidea; Testudines) from the ...

'' *Subfamily Dermochelyinae ** †''

Cosmochelys ''Cosmochelys'' is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene of Africa.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology It was first named by Andrews in 1920, and contains one species, ''C. dolloi''. References External links ''Cosmochelys''at the Pa ...

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Dermochelys coriacea The leatherback sea turtle (''Dermochelys coriacea''), sometimes called the lute turtle or leathery turtle or simply the luth, is the largest of all living turtles and the heaviest non-crocodilian reptile, reaching lengths of up to and weights ...

'' – leatherback sea turtle ** †''

Psephophorus ''Psephophorus'' is an extinct genus of sea turtle that lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene. Its remains have been found in Europe, Africa, North America, and New Zealand. It was first named by Hermann von Meyer in 1847, and contains seven s ...

Phylogeny

Evers et al. (2019):

References

Bibliography

External links

Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback turtles) from Turtles of the World by C.H. Ernst, R.G.M. Altenburg & R.W. Barbour
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2738058 Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger Turtle families Santonian first appearances Extant Santonian first appearances