Chelydropsis
| Chelydropsis | |
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| Chelydropsis murchisoni. Left: juvenile, right: adult | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Chelydridae |
| Genus: | †Chelydropsis Peters, 1868 |
| Species | |
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Chelydropsis murchisoni is an extinct species of snapping turtle of the extinct genus Chelydropsis that lived from the Oligocene to the Pliocene in Asia and Europe.[1]
References
- ↑ Klein N. and T. Mors. (2003). Die Schildkroten (Reptilia: Testudines) aus dem Mittel-Miozan von Hambach (Niederrheinische Bucht, NW-Deutschland). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 268(1-3):1-48.
- Romer, Alfred Sherwood (Jan. 1 1997). The Osteology of the Reptiles. Reprint edition. Krieger Pub. Co. pp. 800.
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