大鱷龜屬
大鱷龜屬 化石時期：
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| Macrochelys temminckii | |
科學分類 
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| 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 |
| 科： | 鱷龜科 Chelydridae |
| 屬： | 大鱷龜屬 Macrochelys Gray, 1856[1] |
大鱷龜屬（Macrochelys）是鱷龜科的一個屬，原產於美國東南部。它本來只有大鱷龜這一個現存種，2014年又分出幾個不同的種。[2]
種
- Macrochelys suwanniensis Thomas et al., 2014
- Macrochelys temminckii (Troost, 1835)
- Macrochelys apalachicolae Thomas et al., 2014
此外，該屬還有兩個化石種：
- †Macrochelys auffenbergi Dobie, 1968（上新世中期的佛羅里達）
- †Macrochelys schmidti（上新世早中期的內布拉斯加）
參考文獻
- ^ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour. Turtles of the world, 2012 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 2012-12-31, 5: 000.251 [2020-04-16]. doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2013-01-04）.
- ^ John R. Platt. Alligator Snapping Turtles, the Dinosaurs of the Turtle World, Are Actually 3 at-Risk Species. Scientific American. April 17, 2014 [2020-04-16]. （原始內容存檔於2014-04-25）.
- ^ Reptile Database: Macrochelys. （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） Retrieved 26 September 2017.
- ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R. Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.] (2017). "Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.)." In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Pritchard, P.C.H., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group." Chelonian Research Monographs 7:1–292. doi:10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017.
- ^ Thomas, T., Granatosky, M. Bourque, J., Krysko, K., Moler, P., Gamble, T., Suarez, E., Leone, E., Enge, K. & Roman, J. (2014). "Taxonomic assessment of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Chelydridae: Macrochelys), with the description of two new species from the southeastern United States." Zootaxa 3786(2): 141–165.
- ^ Joshua E. Brown. Research splits alligator snapping turtle, 'dinosaur of the turtle world,' into three species. Phys.org. April 24, 2014 [2020-04-16]. （原始內容存檔於2020-11-11）.
- ^ Folt, B.; and C. Guyer (2015). "Evaluating recent taxonomic changes for alligator snapping turtles (Testudines: Chelydridae)." Zootaxa 3947(3): 447–450.
