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Chelydrops

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Extinct genus of turtles

Chelydrops
Temporal range:Miocene
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Chelydridae
Genus:Chelydrops
Peters, 1868
Species:
C. stricta
Binomial name
Chelydrops stricta
(Matthew, 1924)

Chelydrops is an extinct genus ofChelydridae fromMiocene ofNorth America. Only one species is described,Chelydrops stricta (Matthew, 1924).

The genus was considered by Hutchison (2008) to be a junior synonym of the genusMacrochelys, containing thealligator snapping turtle; Hutchison transferred the speciesC. stricta to the genusMacrochelys.[1]

References

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  1. ^J. Howard Hutchison (2008). "History of fossil Chelydridae". In A.C. Styermark; M.S. Finkler; R.J. Brooks (eds.).Biology of the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 14–30.
  • Carroll, R. L.Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.
Chelydrops
Turtle familyChelydridae
Genus
Species of the familyChelydridae
Chelydra
Chelydrops
Chelydropsis
Emarginachelys
Macrocephalochelys
Macrochelys
Planiplastron
Protochelydra
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 


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