''Chelydropsis'' is an extinct genus in the family of

snapping turtle The Chelydridae is a family of turtles that has seven extinct and two extant genera. The extant genera are the snapping turtles, ''Chelydra'' and '' Macrochelys''. Both are endemic to the Western Hemisphere. The extinct genera are '' Acherontem ...

that lived from the

Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...

to the

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

and

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

Species

* ''Chelydropsis aubasi'' * '' Chelydropsis apellanizi'' * '' Chelydropsis decheni'' * '' Chelydropsis kusnetzovi'' * '' Chelydropsis manuascensis'' * ''Chelydropsis murchisoni'' * '' Chelydropsis sansaniensis''

References

* Romer, Alfred Sherwood (Jan. 1 1997). ''The Osteology of the Reptiles.'' Reprint edition. Krieger Pub. Co. pp. 800. {{Chelydridae Chelydridae Oligocene turtles Miocene turtles Pliocene turtles Oligocene reptiles of Asia Oligocene reptiles of Europe Miocene reptiles of Asia Miocene reptiles of Europe Pliocene reptiles of Asia Pliocene reptiles of Europe Prehistoric turtles of Asia Prehistoric turtle genera Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Fossil taxa described in 1868