†family Desmatochelyidae Williston 1894 (sea turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Desmatochelyidae
Alternative spelling: Desmatochelyinae
Parent taxon: Chelonioidea according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1946, Nicholls 1992, Nicholls and Meckert 2002 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Cheloniidae, Cimochelys, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Kimurachelys, Leviathanochelys, Nichollsemys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae
Subtaxa: Atlantochelys Neptunochelys
Type: Desmatochelys
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Mississippi, New Jersey collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences