Pandermochelys Temporal range: Early Cretaceous-Holocene, 110–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae | |
Scientific classification | |
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. It is defined as all turtles more closely related to leatherback sea turtles than to cheloniids (green sea turtles and relatives). It includes the largest living turtles, the leatherback sea turtle, as well as the largest sea turtles of all time, Archelon.
References
- Kear BP, Lee MS (March 2006). "A primitive protostegid from Australia and early sea turtle evolution". Biol. Lett. 2 (1): 116–9. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0406. PMC 1617175. PMID 17148342.
- Joyce W.G, Parham J.F, Gauthier J.A. Developing a protocol for the conversion of rank-based taxon names to phylogenetically defined clade names, as exemplified by turtles. J. Paleont. 2004;78:989–1013.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pandermochelys |