Acherontemys Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Chelydridae
Genus:	†Acherontemys Hay, 1899

Acherontemys is an extinct genus from Miocene of United States. It was assigned to Chelydridae by Robert L. Carroll (1988); and to Emydidae by Hutchison (1992).

References[edit]

• Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.
• Hutchison, J. H. 1992. Western North American reptile and amphibian record across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications. Prothero, D. R. & Berggren, W. A. (eds.), Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution 451-463.

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