Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Synonyms: Chelonura Fleming 1822, Devisia Ogilby 1905, Emysaurus Dumeril and Bibron 1835, Ophichelone Jarocki 1822, Rapara Gray 1825, Saurochelys Latreille 1825
Full reference: A. F. Schweigger. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271-462
Parent taxon: Chelydridae according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Cadena et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1884, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Holman and Sullivan 1981, Hutchison 2008, Joyce 2016, Knauss et al. 2011, Loveridge and Shreve 1947, Lydekker 1889, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Quenstedt 1882, Shoshani et al. 1989, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Broilia, Broilia robusta, Chelydra argillarum, Chelydra strausi, Chelydrinae, Chelydrops, Chelydropsinae, Chelydropsis, Chelydropsis minax, Emys sansaniensis, Emysaurus meilheuratiae, Hydraspis oeningensis, Leptochelys, Leptochelys braneti, Macrochelys, Planiplastron, Protochelydrinae, Testudo grandis
Subtaxa: Cheliurus Chelydra acutirostris Chelydra rossignonii Chelydra serpentina
Type: Testudo serpentina
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Ecuador (1), United States (20: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (4: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Indiana, Tennessee)
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 30 collections including 32 occurrences
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