Definition of Dermochelyids. Meaning of Dermochelyids. Synonyms of Dermochelyids

- 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...
- †Ocepechelon bouyai 67 Ma Oulad Abdoun Basin, Khouribga Province, Morocco A dermochelyid with a feeding apparatus unique among tetrapods and shares unique convergences...
- gigantic protostegids seems to have coincided with the increasing size of dermochelyids. Protostegidae is more-or-less absent in Maastrichtian deposits, the...
- South America, and interpret this finding as indicating that Eocene dermochelyids, like extant leatherback sea turtle, were able to live in waters with...
- 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...
- reported from the Ameki Formation Genus Species Presence Material Notes Images Cosmochelys C. dolloi Ombialla District. Portions of carapace. A dermochelyid....
- as all turtles more closely related to cheloniid sea turtles than to dermochelyid ("leatherback") sea turtles. The following genera are placed here: †Argillochelys...