Macrocephalochelys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Chelydridae |
Genus: | †Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko and Taraschchuk, 1960[1] |
Species | |
†M. pontica[2] |
Macrocephalochelys is an extinct genus of turtles in the family Chelydridae.[3] It was first described from a partial skull from the Pliocene found in Ukraine by Piboplichko and Taraschchuk in 1960. It was assigned to the family Chelydridae by R. L. Carroll in 1988[4] although it had been hypothesised to belong in Chelydridae by Chkhikvadze in 1971.[5]
Turtle family Chelydridae | |||
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Genus |
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Chelydra |
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†Chelydrops | |||
†Chelydropsis |
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†Emarginachelys | |||
†Macrocephalochelys | |||
Macrochelys | |||
†Planiplastron | |||
†Protochelydra | |||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |