Megalochelys atlas

Megalochelys atlas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

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 Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Testudinidae
Genus: †Megalochelys
Species: †Megalochelys atlas

Name

Megalochelys atlas Falconer & Cautley 1837

• • Holotype: BMNH 40603
  • Type locality: Siwalik Hills, Indien, Celebes (Sulawesi).

Synonymy

• Megalochelys siwalensis Falconer & Cautley 1837
  • Colossochelys atlas Falconer & Cautley 1844
  • Testudo atlas Lydekker 1889
  • Testudo margae Hooijer 1948
  • Megalochelys atlas TEWG 2015

References

• Falconer H, Cautley PT (1837) On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumona from Sivalik Hill. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6: 354–360.
• Lydekker, R. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III.− Chelonia: 235 pp., 53 fig.; London.
• Turtle Extinctions Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Thomson, S., Georgalis, G., Karl, H.-V., Danilov, I.G., Takahashi, A., de la Fuente, M.S., Bourque, J.R., Delfino, M., Bour, R., Iverson, J.B., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 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. 5(8):000e.1–66. Download