Macrocephalochelys

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Macrocephalochelys
Temporal range: Pliocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Chelydridae
Genus:† Macrocephalochelys
Piboplichko and Taraschchuk, 1960 [1] [2]
Species

†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

  1. 1 2 "Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko & Taraschchuk, 1960". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "†Chelydropsis Peters 1868". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Gaffney (1975), p. 166.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Gaffney (1975), p. 168.


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