Macrocephalochelys

Macrocephalochelys is an extinct genus of turtles in the family Chelydridae. It has an uncertain status, considered as either doubtful^[1] or synonymous with Chelydropsis.^[2] It was first described from a partial skull from the Pliocene found in Ukraine by Piboplichko and Taraschchuk in 1960. It was assigned to the family Chelydridae by R. L. Carroll in 1988^[4] although it had been hypothesised to belong in Chelydridae by Chkhikvadze in 1971.^[5]

Macrocephalochelys Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification (disputed)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	†Macrocephalochelys Piboplichko and Taraschchuk, 1960[1][2]
Species
†M. pontica[3]