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Pandermochelys

Pandermochelys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous-Holocene, 110–0 Ma
Female, digging in the sand
Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Americhelydia
Clade: Dermochelyoidae
Clade: Pandermochelys
Joyce et al., 2004
Subgroups

Pandermochelys is a clade of sea turtles belonging to the superfamily Chelonioidea. It is defined as all turtles more closely related to leatherback sea turtles than to cheloniids (green sea turtles and relatives). It includes the largest living turtles, the leatherback sea turtle, as well as the largest sea turtles of all time, Archelon.


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