Chelydrops

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Chelydrops stricta
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification e
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)
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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

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  • Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.

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