Chelodina alanrixi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines 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