鳄龟科

鳄龟科（Chelydridae）是龟鳖目下的一个科，有拟鳄龟属和大鳄龟属等2个现存属和 Acherontemys、Chelydrops、Chelydropsis、Emarginachelys、Macrocephalochelys、Planiplastron和Protochelydra等7个已灭绝属。

鳄龟科 化石时期：70.6–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N 晚白垩纪至现在
拟鳄龟属下的拟鳄龟
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	爬行纲 Reptilia
目：	龟鳖目 Testudines
亚目：	曲颈龟亚目 Cryptodira
演化支：	美洲鳄龟类 Americhelydia
科：	鳄龟科 Chelydridae Gray, 1831[1]
属
拟鳄龟属 Chelydra 大鳄龟属 Macrochelys †Acherontemys †Chelydrops †似鳄龟属 Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †巨首鳄龟属 Macrocephalochelys †Planiplastron †原鳄龟属 Protochelydra
异名[1][2]
Chelydrae Gray, 1831:4[3] Chelydridae Swainson, 1839:113[4] Chelydradae Gray, 1869:178[5]

参考文献

1. Rhodin 2011，第000.171页
2. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., Bour, R., and Rhodin, A.G.J.]. (2012). Turtles of the world, 2012 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, Archived copy (PDF). [2014-04-19]. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013-06-16）..
3. Gray, John Edward. (1831). Synopsis Reptilium; or Short Descriptions of the Species of Reptiles. Part I.—Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Enaliosaurians. London: Treuttel, Wurz, and Co., 85 pp. [Published May 1831].
4. Swainson, William. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. Vol. II. In: Lardner, D. (Ed.). The Cabinet Cyclopaedia. Natural History. London: Longman, 452 pp.
5. Gray, John Edward. (1869). Notes on the families and genera of tortoises (Testudinata), and on the characters afforded by the study of their skulls. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869:165–225.

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参考书目

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour. Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 2011-12-31, 5. （原始内容 (PDF)存档于2012-01-22）.