Chelydrops Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Chelydridae |
Genus: | †Chelydrops Peters, 1868 |
Species: | †C. stricta
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Binomial name | |
†Chelydrops stricta (Matthew, 1924)
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Chelydrops is an extinct genus of Chelydridae from Miocene of North America. Only one species is described, Chelydrops stricta (Matthew, 1924).
The genus was considered by Hutchison (2008) to be a junior synonym of the genus Macrochelys, containing the alligator snapping turtle; Hutchison transferred the species C. stricta to the genus Macrochelys.[1]
Turtle family Chelydridae | |||
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Genus |
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Chelydra |
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†Chelydrops | |||
†Chelydropsis |
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†Emarginachelys | |||
†Macrocephalochelys | |||
Macrochelys | |||
†Planiplastron | |||
†Protochelydra | |||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |