Chelydropsis

Chelydropsis
Temporal range:
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
  • †Chelydropsis aubasi Joyce, Landréat & Rollot, 2022
  • †Chelydropsis decheni (von Meyer, 1852)
  • †Chelydropsis heweneggensis Pappa et al., 2024
  • †Chelydropsis kusnetzovi (Chkhikvadze in Gaiduchenko and Chkhikvadze, 1985)
  • †Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell, 1836)
  • †Chelydropsis pontica (Pidoplichko & Tarashchuk, 1960)
Synonyms

Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko & Taraschchuk, 1960

Chelydropsis is an extinct genus in the family of pan-chelydrids, relatives of modern snapping turtles, that lived from the Eocene to the Pliocene in Asia and Europe.

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