Reptilia - Testudinata - Meiolaniidae
Alternative combination: Miolania platyceps
Synonyms: Ceratochelys sthenurus Huxley 1887 [objective synonym], Meiolania minor Owen 1886
Full reference: R. Owen. 1886. Description of Fossil Remains of two Species of a Megalanian Genus (Meiolania, Ow.), from Lord Howe's Island. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 179:181-191
Belongs to Meiolania according to J. Sterli 2015
See also Danilov and Parham 2008, Huxley 1887, Lydekker 1889, Owen 1886, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Rhodin et al. 2015, Vlachos 2017 and Woodward 1888
Sister taxa: Meiolania brevicollis, Meiolania mackayi
Type specimens:
- Meiolania platyceps: BMNH R675, a partial skull. Its type locality is Lord Howe Island (Meiolania Old Collection), which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
- Ceratochelys sthenurus: BMNH R675, a partial skull. Its type locality is Lord Howe Island (Meiolania Old Collection), which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
- Meiolania minor: BMNH uncat., a partial skull. Its type locality is Lord Howe Island (Meiolania Old Collection), which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Australia.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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