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categorized as hard-s****ed (cheloniid) or leathery-s****ed (
dermochelyid). The only
dermochelyid species of sea
turtle is the leatherback. For each of the...
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fossils of the
group date to the Late Cretaceous. The
following list of
dermochelyid species was
published by
Hirayama and Tong in 2003,
unless otherwise...
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evolved over 110 million
years ago
during the
Cretaceous period. The
dermochelyids are
relatives of the
family Cheloniidae,
which contains the
other six...
- †Ocepechelon
bouyai 67 Ma
Oulad Abdoun Basin,
Khouribga Province,
Morocco A
dermochelyid with a
feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods and
shares unique convergences...
- been
described as the best
representative of
Mesozoic dermochelyids. Like
other dermochelyids,
Mesodermochelys had
elongated front flippers. One fossil...
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gigantic protostegids seems to have
coincided with the
increasing size of
dermochelyids.
Protostegidae is more-or-less
absent in
Maastrichtian deposits, the...
- Givhan's
Ferry Member.
CCNHM 4288 (a non-ridged
carapacial ossicle). A
dermochelyid also
found in the
Chandler Bridge Formation. N. sp. 2 ?Givhan's Ferry...
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South America, and
interpret this
finding as
indicating that
Eocene dermochelyids, like
extant leatherback sea turtle, were able to live in
waters with...
- Group),
Alabama Corsochelys halinches is an
extinct species of
basal dermochelyid sea
turtle related to the
modern leatherback turtle. †Ctenochelys Late...
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indeterminate species of turtles: two
marine cryptodires, a cheloniid, a
dermochelyid, and a
possible littoral pleurodire. Two
species of
longirostrine crocodylians...
