鱷龜科

鱷龜科（Chelydridae）是龜鱉目下的一個科，有擬鱷龜屬和大鱷龜屬等2個現存屬和 Acherontemys、Chelydrops、Chelydropsis、Emarginachelys、Macrocephalochelys、Planiplastron和Protochelydra等7個已滅絕屬。

鱷龜科 化石時期：70.6–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N 晚白堊紀至現在
擬鱷龜屬下的擬鱷龜
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	爬蟲綱 Reptilia
目：	龜鱉目 Testudines
亞目：	曲頸龜亞目 Cryptodira
演化支：	美洲鱷龜類 Americhelydia
科：	鱷龜科 Chelydridae Gray, 1831[1]
屬
擬鱷龜屬 Chelydra 大鱷龜屬 Macrochelys †Acherontemys †Chelydrops †似鱷龜屬 Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †巨首鱷龜屬 Macrocephalochelys †Planiplastron †原鱷龜屬 Protochelydra
異名[1][2]
Chelydrae Gray, 1831:4[3] Chelydridae Swainson, 1839:113[4] Chelydradae Gray, 1869:178[5]

參考文獻

1. Rhodin 2011，第000.171頁
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]. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於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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參考書目

• 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. （原始內容 (PDF)存檔於2012-01-22）.