鱷龜科（Chelydridae）是龜鱉目下的一個科，包括包括兩個現存和七個滅絕的屬。現存的屬是擬鱷龜屬和大鱷龜屬，兩者都是西半球的特有物種。
分類
- 鱷龜屬 Chelydra
* 中美擬鱷龜 Chelydra rossignonii*
* 擬鱷龜 Chelydra serpentina*
- 大鱷龜屬 Macrochelys
* 大鱷龜 Macrochelys temminckii*
* 薩萬尼大鱷龜 Macrochelys suwanniensis*
- †Acherontemys
- †Chelydrops
- †似鱷龜屬 Chelydropsis
- †Emarginachelys
- †巨首鱷龜屬 Macrocephalochelys
- †Planiplastron
- †原鱷龜屬 Protochelydra
參考文獻
- de Broin, F. 1969. Contribution a l’etude des cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux du Cretace Superieur et du Tertiaire de France. Memoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. C, No. XXVIII
- Ericson, B. R. 1973. A new chelydrid turtle (Protochelydra zangerli), from the late Paleocene of North Dakota. Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota, New Series 2(2):1-16
- Gaffney, E. S. 1975. Phylogeny of the chelydrid turtles: a study of shared derived characters in the skull. Fieldiana Geology, 33:157-178
- Parham, J. F., C.R. Feldman, and J. R. Boore. The complete mitochondrial genome of the enigmatic bigheaded turtle (Platysternon): description of unusual genomic features and the reconciliation of phylogenetic hypotheses based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. BMC Evol Biol. 2006; 6: 11. Published online February 7, 2006. .
- Whetstone, K. N. 1978. A new genus of cryptodiran turtles (Testudinoidea, Chelydridae) from the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana. University of Kansas Science Bulletin. Lawrence, Kansas. 51(17):539-563.
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