Elseya lavarackorum

Elseya lavarackorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata 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: 159)
  • Holotype: QM F24121
  • Type locality: Riversleigh, Nicholson Drainage, QLD, Australia

Synonyms

• Emydura lavarackorum White & Archer 1994: 159
  • Elseya lavarackorum Thomson et al. 1997
  • Elseya (Pelocomastes) lavarackorum Thomson et al. 2015

References

• 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.A., White, A. & Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42: 327–336. Online and PDF download. Reference page. 
• 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