Warkalania
Warkalania | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Family: | †Meiolaniidae |
Genus: | †Warkalania Gaffney, Archer & White 1992 |
Species | |
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Warkalania is an extinct genus of Australian meiolaniid turtle from the Oligocene or early Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland. It is unique among this group in having small, low ridges instead of long horns.[1]
References[]
- ^ Gaffney, Eugene S.; Archer, Michael; White, Arthur (1992). "Warkaiania, a New Meiolaniid Turtle from the Tertiary Riversleigh Deposits of Queensland, Australia" (PDF). The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 9 (1): 35–48.
Categories:
- Oligocene turtles
- Miocene turtles
- Meiolaniformes
- Riversleigh fauna
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Taxa named by Eugene S. Gaffney
- Extinct turtles
- Prehistoric turtle stubs