Macrocephalochelys
| Macrocephalochelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification  (disputed) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Chelydridae |
| Genus: | †Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko and Taraschchuk, 1960[1][2] |
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†M. pontica[3] | |
Macrocephalochelys is an extinct genus of turtles in the family Chelydridae. It has an uncertain status, considered as either doubtful[1] or synonymous with Chelydropsis.[2] 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
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- ^ a b "Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko & Taraschchuk, 1960". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ a b "†Chelydropsis Peters 1868". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Gaffney (1975), p. 166.
- ^ 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 (1975), p. 168.
- Gaffney, Eugene S. (August 18, 1975). "Phylogeny of the chelydrid turtles". Fieldiana Geology. 33 (9): 157–178. OCLC 1991971.
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