Phylum Chordata | Class Reptilia Clade Americhelydia Scientific name Chelydrops stricta Order Turtle | |
Genus †ChelydropsPeters, 1868 People also search for Acherontemys, Macrocephalochelys | ||
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.
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