†Meiolania mackayi Anderson 1925 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudinata - Meiolaniidae
Full reference: C. Anderson. 1925. Notes on the extinct chelonian Meiolania, with a record of a new occurence. Australian Museum Scientific Publications 14(4):223-242
Belongs to Meiolania according to J. Sterli 2015
See also Anderson 1925 and Rhodin et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Meiolania brevicollis, Meiolania platyceps
Type specimen: AM F17720, a partial skull (left B horn core). Its type locality is Walpole Island, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial phosphorite in New Caledonia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Walpole Island
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