Chelodina insculpta

Chelodina insculpta is an extinct species of snake-necked turtle that was described in 1897 from material gathered in Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia, restricted.[2] It is a member of the Chelidae; Pleurodira. The fossil has been dated as Pliocene to Pleistocene.

Chelodina insculpta
Temporal range: Pliocene
Holotype of Chelodina insculpta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelydera
Species:
C. insculpta
Binomial name
Chelodina insculpta

References

  1. de Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3: 3-7.
  2. Thomson, S. A. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2):593-598.


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