Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Parent taxon: Dermochelyidae according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Andrews 1906, Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 1995, Delfino et al. 2013, Dodd and Morgan 1992, Fallon and Boessenecker 2020, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Joyce et al. 2004, Karl 2007, Köhler 1995, Lynch and Parham 2003, Peters et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Arabemys, Chelonia californiensis, Dermochelyinae, Dermochelys, Egyptemys, Eosphargis, Maorichelys, Mesodermochelys, Natemys, Turgaiscapha
Subtaxa: Psephophorus polygonus Psephophorus pseudostracion Psephophorus rupeliensis Psephophorus scaldii Psephophorus terrypratchetti
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (1 collection), United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Denmark (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), Slovakia (1), United States (12: California, Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Germany (3), United States (2: South Carolina)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Egypt (1), New Zealand (3)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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