Reptilia - Testudinata - Meiolaniidae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1886. Description of Fossil Remains of two Species of a Megalanian Genus (Meiolania, Ow.), from Lord Howe's Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 179:181-191
Parent taxon: Meiolaniidae according to J. Sterli 2015
See also Anquetin 2012, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney 1983, Gaffney 1996, Joyce 2007, Lydekker 1889, Megirian 1992, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Rhodin et al. 2015, Sterli and de la Fuente 2013 and Sterli et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Gaffneylania, Ninjemys, Niolamia, Warkalania, Miolania
Subtaxa: Meiolania brevicollis Meiolania mackayi Meiolania platyceps
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (8 collections), New Caledonia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
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