Dermochelyidae

Dermochelyidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Holocene, 84–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Leatherback turtles are the only living representative of the Dermochelys family.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Dermochelyidae Fitzinger, 1843[1]
Genera
See text.
Synonyms[1]
Sphargidae Gray, 1825 Dermatochelydae Fitzinger, 1843 Athecae Cope, 1871 Athecata Lydekker, 1889 Dermochelyidae Lydekker, 1889

Dermochelyidae is a family of sea turtles which has seven extinct genera and one extant genus, containing one living species, the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). The oldest fossils of the group date to the Late Cretaceous.