Dermochelyidae

Dermochelyidae
Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous-Holocene,
Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Dermochelyidae
Fitzinger, 1843
Genera

See text.

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

Dermochelyidae is a family of reptiles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.

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