Pandermochelys

Pandermochelys is a clade of sea turtles belonging to the superfamily Chelonioidea.[1] It is defined as all turtles more closely related to leatherback sea turtles than to cheloniids (green sea turtles and relatives).[2] It includes the largest living turtles, the leatherback sea turtle, as well as the largest sea turtles of all time, Archelon.

Pandermochelys
Female, digging in the sand
Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Superfamily:Chelonioidea
Clade:Dermochelyoidae
Clade:Pandermochelys
Joyce et al., 2004
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