The first reliable record of fossil leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelyidae) in northern Eurasia (Middle Eocene of Ukraine)
Journal: Paleontological Journal
Year: 2013

Plates of the epithecal bony shell of turtles of the family Dermochelyidae from the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) of the Ak-Kaya locality (Crimea, Ukraine) are described. This material, determined as Dermochelyidae indet., is the first reliable record of fossil dermochelyids in northern Eurasia.