Pandermochelys

Pandermochelys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous-Holocene, 110–0 Ma
Female, digging in the sand
Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Clade:Dermochelyoidae
Clade:Pandermochelys
Joyce et al., 2004
Subgroups

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.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
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