Dermochelyidae | |
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Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[1] |
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Dermochelyidae is a family of reptiles 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.[2]
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Dermochelyidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Arabemys | ||||
†Corsochelys | ||||
†Cosmochelys | ||||
Dermochelys | ||||
†Eosphargis | ||||
†Mesodermochelys | ||||
†Psephophorus |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |