†Macrochelys stricta Matthew 1924 (alligator snapping turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Alternative combination: Chelydrops stricta
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1924. Third contribution to the Snake Creek Fauna. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 50:59-210
Belongs to Macrochelys according to W. G. Joyce 2016
See also Hay 1930 and Hutchison 2008
Sister taxa: Macrochelys auffenbergi, Macrochelys schmidti, Macrochelys suwanniensis, Macrochelys temminckii
Type specimen: AMNH 6297, a partial skull. Its type locality is East Surface Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution: found only at East Surface Quarry
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