Warkalania

Warkalania is an extinct genus of Australian meiolaniid turtle from the Oligocene or early Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland. It is unique among this group in having small, low ridges instead of long horns.[1]

Warkalania
Temporal range: Oligocene or early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: Meiolaniidae
Genus: Warkalania
Gaffney, Archer & White 1992
Species
  • W. carinaminor

References

  1. Gaffney, Eugene S.; Archer, Michael; White, Arthur (1992). "Warkaiania, a New Meiolaniid Turtle from the Tertiary Riversleigh Deposits of Queensland, Australia" (PDF). The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences. 9 (1): 35–48.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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