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Extinct genus of turtles
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]
References
- ^ "The Paleobiology Database".
- ^ Gaffney, Eugene S. (August 18, 1975). "Phylogeny of the chelydrid turtles". Fieldiana Geology. 33 (9). Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History: 166 (16). OCLC 1991971. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ "Macrocephalochelys - Ecology and taphonomy". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
- ^ Carroll, Robert L.; K. Behrensmeyer; K. Behrensmeyer; M. Carrano (1988). Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 0-7167-1822-7. OCLC 14967288.
- ^ Gaffney, Eugene S. (August 18, 1975). "Phylogeny of the chelydrid turtles". Fieldiana Geology. 33 (9). Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History: 168 (18). OCLC 1991971. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
Turtle family Chelydridae | |||
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Genus |
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Chelydra | |||
†Chelydrops | |||
†Chelydropsis | |||
†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. |
Macrocephalochelys |
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