Dermochelyidae
Family of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Family of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dermochelyidae is a family of reptiles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, including the largest living sea turtles.
Dermochelyidae | |
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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[1] |
Genera | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted.[2]
Evers et al. (2019):[4]
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