Chelydrops Peters 1868 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae

Parent taxon: Chelydridae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Broilia, Broilia robusta, Chelydra, Chelydra argillarum, Chelydra strausi, Chelydrinae, Chelydropsinae, Chelydropsis, Chelydropsis minax, Emys sansaniensis, Emysaurus meilheuratiae, Hydraspis oeningensis, Leptochelys, Leptochelys braneti, Macrochelys, Planiplastron, Protochelydrinae, Testudo grandis

Subtaxa: none

Type: Chelydrops stricta

Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chelydrops in the database

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