Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Alternative spellings: Macroclemmys, Macroclemys
Synonym: Gypochelys Agassiz 1857
Parent taxon: Chelydridae according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Cope 1884, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Joyce 2016, Knauss et al. 2011, Quenstedt 1882, Thomas et al. 2014, van Dijk et al. 2014 and Whetstone 1978
Sister taxa: Broilia, Broilia robusta, Chelydra, Chelydra argillarum, Chelydra strausi, Chelydrinae, Chelydrops, Chelydropsinae, Chelydropsis, Chelydropsis minax, Emys sansaniensis, Emysaurus meilheuratiae, Hydraspis oeningensis, Leptochelys, Leptochelys braneti, Planiplastron, Protochelydrinae, Testudo grandis
Subtaxa: Macrochelys auffenbergi Macrochelys schmidti Macrochelys stricta Macrochelys suwanniensis Macrochelys temminckii
Type: Macroclemys temminckii
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (7: Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
• Blancan of United States (5: Florida, Kansas)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)
• Miocene of Germany (1), United States (6: Florida, Nebraska)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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