Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Alternative combination: Macrocephalochelys pontica
Full reference: I. G. Pidoplichko and V. I. Tarashchuk. 1960. [New genus of large-headed turtle from the Pontian beds surrounding Odessa]. Zbirnik Prac Zoologichnogo Muzeyu 29:105-110
Belongs to Chelydropsis according to O.M. Kovalchuk et al. 2017
See also Joyce 2016
Sister taxa: Chelydropsis apellanizi, Chelydropsis aubasi, Chelydropsis decheni, Chelydropsis heweneggensis, Chelydropsis kusnetzovi, Chelydropsis manuascensis, Chelydropsis murchisoni, Chelydropsis sansaniensis
Type specimen: IZASU 42-1, a partial skull
Ecology: aquatic piscivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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