Dermochelyidae | |
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Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of theDermochelys family. | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
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 afamily ofsea turtles which has seven extinctgenera and one extant genus, containing one living species, theleatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The oldest fossils of the group date to theLate Cretaceous.
The following list of dermochelyid species was published by Hirayama and Tong in 2003, unless otherwise noted.[2]
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