Chelydrops
(Redirected from Chelydrops stricta)
| Chelydrops Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Chelydridae |
| Genus: | †Chelydrops Peters, 1868 |
| Species: | †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
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