Chelydrops Explained

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

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Biology of the Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina). 2008. Johns Hopkins University Press. 14–30. J. Howard Hutchison. A.C. Styermark . M.S. Finkler . R.J. Brooks . History of fossil Chelydridae.