Dermatemydidae Temporal range: ?Late Cretaceous to present | |
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A Dermatemydidae fossil fromHong Kong Science Museum | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea |
Family: | Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870[1] |
Synonyms[1] | |
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TheDermatemydidae are afamily ofturtles. The family was named by John Edward Gray in 1870, and its only extant genus isDermatemys.[1]