Oldest meiolaniid turtle remains from Australia: evidence from the Eocene Kerosene Creek Member of the Rundle Formation, Queensland

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Poropat, Stephen F., Kool, Lesley, Vickers-Rich, Patricia, Rich, Thomas H.
• Other Authors: Swinburne University of Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
• Subjects: Queensland; The Narrows; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/435222; https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2016.1224441

Fossil meiolaniid turtles are known only from South America and Australasia. The South American record is restricted to the Eocene, and comprises two genera: Niolamia and Gaffneylania. The Australasian meiolaniid record is more diverse, with three genera known (Ninjemys, Warkalania and Meiolania); h...