Meiolania sp. nov. 'Wyandotte'
Wyandotte giant horned turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Meiolania cf. M. platyceps (Gaffney and McNamara, 1990)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 43,000 BC
Distribution
Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Gaffney, Eugene S. and McNamara, Greg. (1990). A meiolaniid turtle from the Pleistocene of northern Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (Proceedings of the De Vis Symposium) 28(1): 107-113.
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.