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Megalochelys
Taxonomy
Megalochelys was named by Falconer and Cautley (1837).
It was assigned to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); and to Testudinidae by Setiyabudi (2009), Naksri et al. (2019) and Vlachos (2019).
It was assigned to Testudininae by Vlachos and Rabi (2018); and to Testudinidae by Setiyabudi (2009), Naksri et al. (2019) and Vlachos (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Megalochelys Falconer and Cautley |
| 2009 | Megalochelys Setiyabudi |
| 2018 | Megalochelys Vlachos and Rabi p. 663 |
| 2019 | Megalochelys Naksri et al. |
| 2019 | Megalochelys Vlachos |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Megalochelys Falconer and Cautley 1837
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†Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1837
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Invalid names: Cautleya annuliger Lydekker 1885 [synonym], Colossochelys atlas Falconer and Cautley 1844 [objective synonym], Testudo punjabiensis Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | M. sp. (144187) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) | Colossochelys atlas (67172) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | India (Gujarat) | Colossochelys atlas (87489) | |
| Pliocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | M. sp. (144186) | |
| Pliocene | Pakistan | Testudo punjabiensis, M. sivalensis, Colossochelys atlas (92070) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia (Sulawesi) | Geochelone atlas (93548 93635) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | India | Colossochelys atlas (39209 39210) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia | Geochelone atlas (93519) M. sivalensis (93517) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia | M. sp. (207354) | |
| Pleistocene | Indonesia (Timor) | Geochelone atlas (195987) |