Pandermochelys Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous-
Holocene,
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Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Clade: | Dermochelyoidae |
Clade: |
Pandermochelys Joyce et al., 2004 |
Subgroups | |
Pandermochelys is a clade of sea turtles belonging to the superfamily Chelonioidea. [1] It is defined as all turtles more closely related to leatherback sea turtles than to cheloniids ( green sea turtles and relatives). [2] It includes the largest living turtles, the leatherback sea turtle, as well as the largest sea turtles of all time, Archelon.