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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...
- 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...
- been described as the best representative of Mesozoic dermochelyids. Like other dermochelyids, Mesodermochelys had elongated front flippers. One fossil...
- evolved over 110 million years ago during the Cretaceous period. The dermochelyids are relatives of the family Cheloniidae, which contains the other six...
- as all turtles more closely related to cheloniid sea turtles than to dermochelyid ("leatherback") sea turtles. The following genera are placed here: †Argillochelys...
- gigantic protostegids seems to have coincided with the increasing size of dermochelyids. Protostegidae is more-or-less absent in Maastrichtian deposits, the...
- -NMV-3, a proximal half of right humerus (Osoushinai Formation). A dermochelyid turtle. M. sp. Osoushinai Formation. A carapace with boreholes likely...
- hutchinsoni Corsochelys C. bentlyi Stokes Quarry, SC A sea turtle, likely a dermochelyid. Type locality for species. Euclastes E. wielandi Stokes Quarry, SC A...
- discovered in 1995, P. terrypratchetti. Psephophorus is the only Miocene dermochelyid turtle found in Europe. One species of Psephophorus could measure up...
- Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) Oulad Abdoun Basin  Morocco A relative of dermochelyids and protostegids. The type species is Ocepechelon bouyai. Paramongolemys...