Chelydrops
| Chelydrops Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| 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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Chelydropsis an extinct genus ofChelydridaefromMioceneofNorth 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. strictato the genusMacrochelys.[1]
References
[edit]- ^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.
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