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Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Pelocomastes
Species: †
Elseya uberrima
Name
- Elseya uberima De Vis, 1897 sec, Thomson et al. 2015
- Type locality: Locality. Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.
- Horizon: Pliocene.
- Holotype: none set (de Vis, 1897). Lectotype: QMF9040 by subsequent designation (Gaffney, 1981)
Synonymy
- Chelymys uberima de Vis 1897: 3.
- Chelymys antiqua de Vis 1897: 4.
- Chelymys arata de Vis 1897: 5.
- Pelecomastes ampla de Vis 1897: 6–7.
- Elseya uberrima Thomson 2000
- Elseya (Pelocomastes) uberrima Thomson et al. 2015
Distribution
Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.
References
- De Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3:3-7.
- Thomson, S. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoires of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 593–598. Online (with link to PDF). Reference page.
- Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
- ZooBank: AC3D1441-BC88-4C76-B1F6-932B0D3FC406
Vernacular names
- en: Snapping Turtle (uberima means utmost good faith in Latin, how that can be translated to a common name is up for interpretation).