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Meiolaniidae

Synonyms: Miolaniidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Meiolaniidae is an extinct family of large, possibly herbivorous turtles with heavily armored heads and tails. They are best known from the last surviving genus, Meiolania, which lived in the rain forests of Australia from the Oligocene until the Pleistocene, and relict populations that lived on Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia until 2000 years ago. A similar form is also known from the Miocene Saint Bathans Fauna of New Zealand.
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Genus

Chubutemys (1)
Gaffneylania (1)
Meiolania (3)
Miolania (1)
Ninjemys (1)
Niolamia (1)
Trapalcochelys (1)
Warkalania (1)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0