Chelodina murrayi

Extinct species of turtle

Chelodina murrayi
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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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: Chelodina
Species:
C. murrayi
Binomial name
Chelodina murrayi
Yates, 2013[1]
Synonyms[2]

Chelodina murrayi Yates 2013

Chelodina murrayi is an extinct species of snake-necked turtle from the Waite Formation on the Alcoota Scientific Reserve,[1] north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. The species would appear to belong to the Chelodina novaeguineae group of species within the subgenus Chelodina.

References

  1. ^ a b Adam M. Yates (2013). "A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia". PeerJ. 1: e170. doi:10.7717/peerj.170. PMC 3796373. PMID 24133635.
  2. ^ Georges A, Thomson S (2010). "Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2496: 1–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2496.1.1.
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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 murrayi


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