Meiolania mackayi Anderson, 1925:239
Walpole Island horned turtle, Walpole giant horned turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene?
Distribution
Walpole Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Anderson, C. (1925). Notes on the extinct chelonian Meiolania, with a record of a new occurrence. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 223-242.
Other references:
Gaffney, Eugene S. (1981). A review of the fossil turtles of Australia. American Museum Novitates 2720: 1-38.
Mittermeier, Russell A. (1972). Zoogeography of Fossil and Living Turtles. Australian Natural History 17(8): 265-269.
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.