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Dermochelyidae

Dermochelyidae
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma
Stralsund, Germany, Meeresmuseum, Risenschildkröte (2006-10-23).JPG
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
Family: Dermochelyidae
Fitzinger, 1843
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Sphargidae Gray, 1825
  • Dermatochelydae Fitzinger, 1843
  • Athecae Cope, 1871
  • Athecata Lydekker, 1889
  • Dermochelyidae Lydekker, 1889

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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.



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