Dermatemydidae
Family of turtles
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The Dermatemydidae are a family of turtles. The family was named by John Edward Gray in 1870, and its only extant genus is Dermatemys.[1]
| Dermatemydidae Temporal range: ?Late Cretaceous to present | |
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| A Dermatemydidae fossil from Hong Kong Science Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Kinosternoidea |
| Family: | Dermatemydidae Gray, 1870[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Subtaxa
- †Baptemys[2]
- Dermatemys[1]
- †Gomphochelys[2]
- †Notomorpha[2]
