Chelodina alanrixi

Species of turtle

Chelodina alanrixi
Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Chelidae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelydera
Species:
C. alanrixi
Binomial name
Chelodina alanrixi
de Broin and Molnar, 2001[1]

Chelodina alanrixi is a species of snake-necked fossil turtle which was described in 2001 using material gathered in Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Chelidae Pleurodira. The fossil has been dated to the Eocene Epoch.

References

  1. ^ Lapparent de Broin F. de & Molnar R. E. 2001. — Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas 23 (1) : 41-79.
  2. ^ Peter Paul van Dijk, John B. Iverson, H. Bradley Shaffer, Roger Bour, and Anders G.J. Rhodin. 2012.Turtles of the World Archived 2013-06-16 at the Wayback Machine, 2012 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328.
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Side-necked turtle species
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Subgenus
Chelidae
Chelinae
Acanthochelys
 
Chelus
 
Mesoclemmys
 
Phrynops
 
Platemys
 
Ranacephala
 
Rhinemys
 
Chelodininae
Chelodina
Chelodina
Chelydera
Macrochelodina
Elseya
Elseya
Pelocomastes
Hanwarachelys
Elusor
 
Emydura
 
Myuchelys
 
Rheodytes
 
Hydromedusinae
Hydromedusa
 
Pseudemydurinae
Pseudemydura
 
Pelomedusidae
 
Pelomedusa
 
Pelusios
 
Podocnemididae
 
Erymnochelys
 
Peltocephalus
 
Podocnemis
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2021 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. Key: †=extinct.
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Chelodina alanrixi


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