Elseya lavarackorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Stem: Parareptilia Stem: Procolophonomorpha Stem: Procolophonia Stem: Pareiasauroidea Stem: Pareiasauria Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Pelocomastes
Species: Elseya lavarackorum

Name

• Elseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994)
  • Holotype: QM F24121
  • Type Locality: Riversliegh, Queensland, Australia

Synonyms

• Emydura lavarackorum White & Archer 1994
  • Elseya lavarackorum Thomson et al. 1997
  • Elseya (Pelocomastes) lavarackorum Thomson et al. 2015

Type data

• Holotype: QM F24121
  • Type locality: Riversleigh, Nicholson Drainage, QLD, Australia

References

cited sources

• Thomson, S.A., White, A. and Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42:327–336. download
• White, A.W.; Archer, M. 1994: Emydura lavarackorum, a new Pleistocene turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from fluviatile deposits at Riversleigh, northwestern Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum, 27: 159-167. ISSN: 0376-2750 PDF
• Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006 (1): 59–82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3. Preview (PDF) reference page 

links

• Wikipedia:Gulf Snapping Turtle

Vernacular names

English: Gulf Snapping Turtle