Meiolaniformes

Meiolaniformes; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous to Holocene 122–recent Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Meiolania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Perichelydia
Clade:	†Meiolaniformes; Sterli and de la Fuente, 2013
Families and genera
	†Chubutemys; †Otwayemys; †Patagoniaemys; †Peligrochelys; †Trapalcochelys; †Meiolaniidae;

Meiolaniformes is an extinct clade of stem-group turtles, defined as all taxa more closely related to Meiolania than to Cryptodira and Pleurodira.[1][2] It is known from the Early Cretaceous to the Holocene of Australia, Oceania and South America. Some Eurasian taxa have been suggested to be part of the group, but this is disputed.

Taxonomy

The clade as currently defined contains the following taxa:

†Chubutemys Gaffney et al. 2007[3] - Aptian, Cerro Barcino Formation, Argentina
†Otwayemys Gaffney et al. 1998 [4]- Aptian, Eumeralla Formation, Australia
†Patagoniaemys Sterli and de la Fuente 2011[5] Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian, La Colonia Formation, Argentina
†Peligrochelys Sterli and de la Fuente 2011[1] Danian, Salamanca Formation, Argentina
†Trapalcochelys Sterli et al. 2013 [6] Upper Campanian, Allen Formation, Argentina
†Meiolaniidae Lydekker 1887, Eocene to Holocene, Argentina and Australia and Oceania

It has also been suggested that Mongolochelys, Sichuanchelys, and Kallokibotion from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia, China and Europe respectively are part of this group, but other studies find these taxa in a more derived position nearer crown testidunes. Regardless, all taxa are members of Perichelydia.[7]

References

Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (2012-12-12). "New evidence from the Palaeocene of Patagonia (Argentina) on the evolution and palaeo-biogeography of Meiolaniformes (Testudinata, new taxon name)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (7): 835–852. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.708674. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 83804365.
J. Sterli. 2015. A Review of the Fossil Record of Gondwanan Turtles of the Clade Meiolaniformes. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56(1):21-45
Gaffney, Eugene S. (2007). Chubutemys, a new eucryptodiran turtle from the early Cretaceous of Argentina, and the relationships of the Meiolaniidae. American Museum of Natural History. OCLC 184734368.
E. S. Gaffney, L. Kool, D. B. Brinkman, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Otwayemys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. American Museum Novitates 3233:1-28
STERLI, JULIANA; DE LA FUENTE, MARCELO S. (January 2011). "A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles". Palaeontology. 54 (1): 63–78. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x. ISSN 0031-0239.
Sterli, Juliana; Fuente, Marcelo S. De La; Cerda, Ignacio A. (April 2013). "A New Species of Meiolaniform Turtle and a Revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America". Ameghiniana. 50 (2): 240–256. doi:10.5710/amgh.16.01.2013.582. ISSN 0002-7014. S2CID 128701700.
Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (July 2019). "Cranial and post-cranial remains and phylogenetic relationships of the Gondwanan meiolaniform turtle Peligrochelys walshae from the Paleocene of Chubut, Argentina". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (4): 798–821. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.11. ISSN 0022-3360.

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[:0-1] Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (2012-12-12). "New evidence from the Palaeocene of Patagonia (Argentina) on the evolution and palaeo-biogeography of Meiolaniformes (Testudinata, new taxon name)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (7): 835–852. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.708674. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 83804365.

[2] J. Sterli. 2015. A Review of the Fossil Record of Gondwanan Turtles of the Clade Meiolaniformes. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 56(1):21-45

[3] Gaffney, Eugene S. (2007). Chubutemys, a new eucryptodiran turtle from the early Cretaceous of Argentina, and the relationships of the Meiolaniidae. American Museum of Natural History. OCLC 184734368.

[4] E. S. Gaffney, L. Kool, D. B. Brinkman, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Otwayemys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. American Museum Novitates 3233:1-28

[5] STERLI, JULIANA; DE LA FUENTE, MARCELO S. (January 2011). "A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles". Palaeontology. 54 (1): 63–78. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x. ISSN 0031-0239.

[6] Sterli, Juliana; Fuente, Marcelo S. De La; Cerda, Ignacio A. (April 2013). "A New Species of Meiolaniform Turtle and a Revision of the Late Cretaceous Meiolaniformes of South America". Ameghiniana. 50 (2): 240–256. doi:10.5710/amgh.16.01.2013.582. ISSN 0002-7014. S2CID 128701700.

[7] Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (July 2019). "Cranial and post-cranial remains and phylogenetic relationships of the Gondwanan meiolaniform turtle Peligrochelys walshae from the Paleocene of Chubut, Argentina". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (4): 798–821. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.11. ISSN 0022-3360.