鱷龜科

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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Category:龜鱉目
Category:鱷龜科