Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Alternative combination: Chelodina alanrixi

Full reference: F. Lapparent de Broin and R. E. Molnar. 2001. Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland. Geodiversitas 23(1):41-79

Belongs to Chelodina (Chelydera) according to G. Shea et al. 2020

See also Lapparent de Broin and Molnar 2001 and Maniel and de la Fuente 2016

Sister taxa: Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, Chelodina (Chelydera) insculpta, Chelodina (Chelydera) parkeri, Chelodina (Chelydera) rugosa

Type specimen: QM F18344, an other (impressions of shell). Its type locality is East of Jones Road, Redbank Plains, which is in a Paleocene/Lutetian terrestrial horizon in the Redbank Plains Formation of Australia.

Distribution: found only at East of Jones Road, Redbank Plains

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