Chelydropsis kusnetzovi Chkhikvadze 1985 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Alternative combination: Chelydrasia kusnetzovi

Belongs to Chelydropsis according to W. G. Joyce 2016

See also Hutchison 2008

Sister taxa: Chelydropsis apellanizi, Chelydropsis aubasi, Chelydropsis decheni, Chelydropsis heweneggensis, Chelydropsis manuascensis, Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis pontica, Chelydropsis sansaniensis

Type specimen: IPGAS 6-1-3. Its type locality is Detskaya Zheleznaya Doroga, Pavlodar, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in the Koryakovskaya Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: found only at Detskaya Zheleznaya Doroga, Pavlodar

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