{{Short description|Clade of turtles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Early Cretaceous-Holocene, {{fossilrange|110|0}} | image = LeatherbackTurtle.jpg | image_alt = Female, digging in the sand | image_caption = Leatherback sea turtle, a species of the family Dermochelyidae | taxon = Pandermochelys | authority = Joyce ''et al.'', 2004 | subdivision_ranks = Subgroups | subdivision = * Dermochelyidae * {{extinct}}Protostegidae }}
'''Pandermochelys''' is a clade of sea turtles belonging to the superfamily Chelonioidea.<ref name=PMC>{{cite journal |author=Kear BP, Lee MS |title=A primitive protostegid from Australia and early sea turtle evolution |journal=Biol. Lett. |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=116–9 |date=March 2006 |pmid=17148342 |pmc=1617175 |doi=10.1098/rsbl.2005.0406 }}</ref> It is defined as all turtles more closely related to leatherback sea turtles than to cheloniids (green sea turtles and relatives).<ref name=joyce2004>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.</ref> It includes the largest living turtles, the leatherback sea turtle, as well as the largest sea turtles of all time, ''Archelon''.
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Category:Chelonioidea Category:Extant Cretaceous first appearances
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