| Dermatemydidae Temporal range: ?
Late Cretaceous to present
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| A Dermatemydidae fossil from Hong Kong Science Museum | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea |
| Family: |
Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870 [1] |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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The Dermatemydidae are a family of turtles. The family was named by John Edward Gray in 1870, and its only extant genus is Dermatemys. [1]
Subtaxa
- † Baptemys [2]
- Dermatemys [1]
- † Gomphochelys [2]
- † Notomorpha [2]
References
- ^ a b c d Rhodin 2011, p. 000.175
- ^ a b c Bourque 2015, p. 4
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
- Bourque, J.R.; Howard Hutchison, J.; Holroyd, P.A.; Bloch, J.I. (2015). "A new dermatemydid (Testudines, Kinosternoidea) from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Willwood Formation, southeastern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (2): e905481. Bibcode: 2015JVPal..35E5481B. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.905481. S2CID 85576289.
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