Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma |
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Dermochelys is the only living representative of the leatherback turtles. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Americhelydia |
Clade: | Dermochelyoidae |
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Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843 |
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Dermochelyidae is a family of turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.
The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted.