Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
Full reference: F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79
Belongs to Chelodina according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016
See also Lapparent de Broin and Molnar 2001
Sister taxa: Chelodina (Chelodina), Chelodina (Macrochelodina), Chelodina (Macrodiremys), Chelodina expansa, Chelodina insculpta, Chelodina longicollis, Chelodina mccordi, Chelodina murrayi, Chelodina novaeguinae, Chelodina oblonga, Chelodina parkeri, Chelodina pritchardi, Chelodina reimanni, Chelodina rugosa, Chelodina siebenrocki, Chelodina steindachneri
Type specimen: QM F18344, an other (impressions of shell). Its type locality is East of Jones Road, Redbank Plains, which is in a Paleocene/Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Redbank Plains Formation of Australia.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at East of Jones Road, Redbank Plains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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