Warkalania

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Warkalania
Temporal range: Oligocene or early Miocene
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Family: Meiolaniidae
Genus: Warkalania
Gaffney, Archer & White 1992
Species
  • W. carinaminor

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[]

  1. ^ 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.


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