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Chelydridae
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The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, Chelydra and Macrochelys. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron, and Protochelydra.
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Chelydridae is a family of freshwater organisms within the order Testudines, class Testudines, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Swainson in 1951 and is currently accepted. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia and has existed for approximately 71 million years.
Records of this family are held by institutions including SDNHM and UCMP, with occurrences documented in the United States. The family has an occurrence count of 101,570, while specific records number 1,648, accompanied by 11 media items.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTestudines
- OrderTestudines
- FamilyChelydridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,648
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Chelydridae
- Collections
- SDNHM, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Testudinoidea
- Image
- Snapping turtle 2 md.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chelydridae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Chelydridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Chelydridae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- taxon common name
- želve hlastavke
- start time
- 70600000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, Chelydra and Macrochelys. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are Acherontemys, Chelydrops, Chelydropsis, Emarginachelys, Macrocephalochelys, Planiplastron, and Protochelydra.
==Fossil history== thumb|left|Chelydropsis murchisoni fossil remains (left: juvenile; right: adult)
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