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Elseya
Taxonomy
Elseya was named by Gray (1867). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Emydura by Gaffney (1979).
It was assigned to Chelidae by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pleurodira by Joyce (2007); to Panpleurodira by Anquetin et al. (2009) and Anquetin (2012); to Chelodininae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chelidae by Maniel and de la Fuente (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Emydura by Gaffney (1979).
It was assigned to Chelidae by Frank and Ramus (1996) and Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pleurodira by Joyce (2007); to Panpleurodira by Anquetin et al. (2009) and Anquetin (2012); to Chelodininae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Chelidae by Maniel and de la Fuente (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1867 | Elseya Gray |
| 1897 | Pelecomastes De Vis |
| 1988 | Pelecomastes Carroll |
| 1996 | Elseya Frank and Ramus |
| 2006 | Elseya Gaffney et al. p. 33 |
| 2007 | Elseya Joyce |
| 2009 | Elseya Anquetin et al. |
| 2012 | Elseya Anquetin p. 28 fig. 10 |
| 2014 | Elseya van Dijk et al. |
| 2016 | Elseya Maniel and de la Fuente |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Elseya Gray 1867
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Elseya albagula Thomson et al. 2006 [White-throated snapping turtle]
Elseya branderhorsti Ouwens 1914 [White-bellied snapping turtle]
Elseya dentata Gray 1863 [Northern Australia snapping turtle]
Elseya irwini Cann 1997 [Irwins snapping turtle]
Elseya lavarackorum White 1994
Elseya macrurus Cann and Legler 1994 [Cann's snakeneck turtle]
†Elseya nadibajagu Thomson and Mackness 1999
Elseya novaeguineae Meyer 1874 [New Guinea snapping turtle]
Elseya oneiros Joseph-Ouni et al. 2020
Elseya schultzei Vogt 1911 [Schultzes snapping turtle]
†Elseya uberrima De Vis 1897
Invalid names: Pelecomastes De Vis 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean | Australia (South Australia) | E. lavarackorum (182671) | |
| Zanclean | Australia (Queensland) | E. nadibajagu (51266) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Emydura uberrima (188748) |