鱷龜科

鱷龜科（Chelydridae）是龜鱉目下的一個科，有擬鱷龜屬和大鱷龜屬等2個現存屬和 Acherontemys、Chelydrops、Chelydropsis、Emarginachelys、Macrocephalochelys、Planiplastron和Protochelydra等7個已滅絕屬。

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.

參考書目

龜鱉目
鱷龜科