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Chelodina
Taxonomy
Chelodina was named by Fitzinger (1826). It is extant.
It was assigned to Chelyidae by Lydekker (1889); to Chelinae by White (1997); to Chelidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Lapparent de Broin and Molnar (2001) and Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pleurodira by Joyce (2007); to Panpleurodira by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Chelodininae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chelidae by Maniel and de la Fuente (2016).
It was assigned to Chelyidae by Lydekker (1889); to Chelinae by White (1997); to Chelidae by Carroll (1988), Frank and Ramus (1996), Lapparent de Broin and Molnar (2001) and Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pleurodira by Joyce (2007); to Panpleurodira by Anquetin et al. (2009); to Chelodininae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chelidae by Maniel and de la Fuente (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1826 | Chelodina Fitzinger |
| 1889 | Chelodina Lydekker p. 168 |
| 1988 | Chelodina Carroll |
| 1996 | Chelodina Frank and Ramus |
| 1997 | Chelodina White |
| 2001 | Chelodina Lapparent de Broin and Molnar |
| 2006 | Chelodina Gaffney et al. p. 33 |
| 2007 | Chelodina Joyce |
| 2009 | Chelodina Anquetin et al. |
| 2014 | Chelodina van Dijk et al. |
| 2016 | Chelodina Maniel and de la Fuente |
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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. Chelodina Fitzinger 1826
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Subg. Chelodina (Chelodina) Fitzinger 1826
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Chelodina (Chelodina) canni McCord and Thompson 2002 [Canns snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) gunaleni McCord and Joseph-Ouni 2007 [Gunalens snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis Shaw 1794 [Eastern snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) mccordi Rhodin 1994 [Roti Island snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) novaeguineae Boulenger 1888 [New Guinea snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) pritchardi Rhodin 1994 [Pritchards snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) reimanni Philippen and Grossmann 1990 [Reimanns snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Chelodina) steindachneri Siebenrock 1914 [Steindachners snake-necked turtle]
Subg. Chelodina (Macrochelodina) Wells and Wellington 1985
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Chelodina (Macrochelodina) burrungandjii Thomson et al. 2000 [Arnhem snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) expansa Gray 1857 [Broad-shelled snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) kuchlingi Cann 1997 [Kuchlings snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) oblonga Gray 1841 [Northern snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) parkeri Rhodin and Mittermeier 1976 [Parkers snake-necked turtle]
Chelodina (Macrochelodina) walloyarrina McCord and Joseph-Ouni 2007 [Kimberley snake-necked turtle]
Subg. Chelodina (Macrodiremys) McCord and Joseph-Ouni 2007
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Chelodina (Macrodiremys) colliei Gray 1856 [Southwestern snake-necked turtle]
†Chelodina alanrixi Lapparent de Broin and Molnar 2001
Chelodina expansa Gray 1857 [Giant snakeneck turtle]
†Chelodina insculpta De Vis 1897
Chelodina longicollis Shaw 1802
Chelodina mccordi Rhodin 1994 [McCord's snakeneck turtle]
†Chelodina murrayi Yates 2013
Chelodina novaeguinae Boulenger 1888 [New Guinea snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 [Narrow-breasted snakeneck turtle]
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Invalid names: Chelodina colliei Gray 1856 [synonym]
Chelodina parkeri Rhodin and Mittermeter 1976 [Parker's snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina pritchardi Rhodin 1994 [Pritchard's snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina reimanni Philippen and Grossmann 1990 [Reimann's snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina rugosa Ogilby 1890 [Northern Australian snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina siebenrocki Werner 1901 [Siebenrock's snakeneck turtle]
Chelodina steindachneri Siebenrock 1914 [Steindachner's snakeneck turtle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Paleocene - Lutetian | Australia (Queensland) | C. alanrixi (176505) | |
| Paleocene - Eocene | Australia (Queensland) | C. sp. (176511) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Queensland) | C. sp. (229278) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Australia (Northern Territory) | C. murrayi (135707) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | C. sp. (182159) | |
| Pliocene | Australia (Queensland) | C. insculpta (138404) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | C. longicollis (28298) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | C. longicollis, C. rugosa, C. novaeguineae (21688) |