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  • Extant Late Cretaceous first appearances
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    Dermatemydidae

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    Dermatemydidae
    Temporal range: ?Late Cretaceous to present
    A Dermatemydidae fossil from Hong Kong Science Museum
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Testudines
    Suborder: Cryptodira
    Superfamily: Kinosternoidea
    Family: Dermatemydidae
    Gray, 1870[1]
    Synonyms[1]
    • Dermatemydae - Gray, 1870
    • Dermatemydidae - Baur, 1888

    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

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    • †Baptemys[2]
    • Dermatemys[1]
    • †Gomphochelys[2]
    • †Notomorpha[2]

    References

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    1. ^ a b c d Rhodin 2011, p. 000.175
    2. ^ 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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