| Description | Chelydra is one of the two extant genera of the snapping turtle family, Chelydridae, the other being Macrochelys, the much larger alligator snapping turtle. The snapping turtles are native to the Americas, with Chelydra having three species, one in North America and two in Central America, one of which is also found in northwestern South America.
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| Rank | genus |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Chelydra |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Common Name | Snapping turtle |
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| Scientific Name | Chelydra Schweigger, 1812 |
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| Name Published In | Koenigsberger Arch. Naturwiss., 1: 292 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated with evidence | Cope, 1875 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Paludinosa | stated without evidence | Quenstedt, 1882 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated without evidence | Cope, 1884 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydrinae | stated without evidence | Lydekker, 1889 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated with evidence | Hay, 1908 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated without evidence | Wilson, 1967 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | implied | Carroll, 1988 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated without evidence | Shoshani et al., 1989 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydrinae | stated with evidence | Hutchison, 2008 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Cryptodira | stated with evidence | Pérez-García et al., 2008 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Testudines | stated with evidence | Anquetin et al., 2009 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated with evidence | Knauss et al., 2011 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Cryptodira | stated without evidence | Pérez-García and Ortega, 2011 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Eucryptodira | stated without evidence | Pérez-García, 2012 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated with evidence | de la Fuente et al., 2014 | | Chelydra | genus | belongs to Chelydridae | stated without evidence | van Dijk et al., 2014 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | freshwater (based on Chelydridae) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | piscivore (based on Chelydridae) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous (based on Chelydridae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. F. Schweigger. 1812. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum. Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1:271-462 |
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| Common Name(s) | Snapping Turtles, Common Snapping Turtles |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelydra |
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| Schweigger A. F. Prodromus monographiae Cheloniorum, Königsberger Archiv für Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik 1, 271-462 |
| Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109 |
| Cope E. D. Testudinata, The Vertebrata of the Tertiary formations of the West. In: Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 3, 111-150 |
| Lydekker R. , Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia, 1-239 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Hay O. P. (1908) The fossil turtles of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75, 1-568 |
| Wilson R. L. (1967) The Pleistocene vertebrates of Michigan, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52, 197-234 |
| Holman J. A., Sullivan R. M. (1981) A small herpetofauna from the type section of the Valentine Formation (Miocene: Barstovian), Cherry County, Nebraska, Journal of Paleontology 55 1, 138-144 |
| Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698 |
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| Pérez-García A., Ortega F., et al (2008) Plesiochelys sp. (Testudines, Eucryptodira) de la Fm. Freixial (Jurásico Superior) en Ulsa (Torres Vedras, Portugal), Palaeontologica Nova. SEPAZ 8, 331-344 |
| Anquetin J., Barrett P. M., et al (2009) A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: new insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276, 879-886 doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1429 |
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| Pérez-García A. (2012) Berruchelus russelli, gen. et sp. nov., a paracryptodiran turtle from the Cenozoic of Europe, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 3, 545-556 |
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Chelydra
