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Taxon: Genus Dermochelys Blainville, 1816 (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  de Blainville, 1816
Original name:  de Blainville, 1816. Journ. de Phys., 83, 259.

Types

Type of: Dermochelyidae (Family) Fitzinger, 1843 Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 344. [inferred]
Type, by monotypy: Dermochelys coriacae
Type, by monotypy: Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Chelonias (Genus) Rafinesque, 1814, nom. oblit. Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Chelyra (Genus) Rafinesque, 1832 Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Coriudo (Genus) Fleming, 1822, nom. illeg. Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Dermatochelys (Genus) Wagler, 1830 Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Dermochelis (Genus) Lesueur, 1829 Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Scytina (Genus) Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Ref: PBDB: 17 Nov 2020.
Synonymous name: Sphargis (Genus) Merrem, 1820 Ref: PBDB: 16 Nov 2020.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: lederschildpadden Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
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