Biology:Chelydrops
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
| Chelydrops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Reptilia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Testudines |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cryptodira |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chelydridae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Chelydrops Peters, 1868 |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">†C. stricta |
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| †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]
References
- ↑ J. Howard Hutchison (2008). "History of fossil Chelydridae". 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q5090283 entry
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