Elseya uberima
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Anapsida
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Pleurodira
Superfamilia: Chelidoidea
Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Species: † Elseya uberima
[edit] Name
Elseya uberima De Vis C., 1897
Type locality: Locality. Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.
Horizon: Pliocene.
Holotype: none set (de Vis, 1897). Lectotype: QMF9040 by subsequent designation (Gaffney, 1981)
[edit] Distribution
Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.
[edit] Reference
- De Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3:3-7.
[edit] 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).
