Chelodina alanrixi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Pantestudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Chelodina
Subgenus: Chelydera
Species: †Chelodina alanrixi

Name

†Chelodina (Chelydera) alanrixi (Lapparent de Broin F. de & Molnar R., 2001)

  • Type locality: Collected on the slopes East of Jones Road, Redbank Plains, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
  • Horizon: Redbank Plains Formation, Early Cenozoic, at least Eocene if not Palaeocene time.
  • Holotype: QMF18344

Distribution

Redbank Plains, near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

References

Primary references

  • Lapparent de Broin F. de & Molnar R. E. (2001) Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas 23 (1) : 41–79.

Vernacular names

  • en: Alan Rix's Snake Neck Turtle
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