†family Meiolaniidae Lydekker 1887 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Meiolaniidae

Alternative spelling: Meiolanidae

Synonym: Miolaniidae

Parent taxon: Meiolaniformes according to J. Sterli and M. S. de la Fuente 2019

See also Anquetin 2012, Carroll 1988, de Broin 1987, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney 1996, Gaffney et al. 1992, Gaffney et al. 2007, Joyce et al. 2004, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Lydekker 1889, Megirian 1992, Rhodin et al. 2015, Sterli 2015, Sterli and de la Fuente 2011, Sterli and de la Fuente 2013, Sterli et al. 2015 and Vlachos 2017

Sister taxa: Chubutemys, Otwayemys, Patagoniaemys, Peligrochelys, Trapalcochelys

Subtaxa: Gaffneylania Meiolania Miolania Ninjemys Niolamia Warkalania

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections), New Caledonia (3)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (2)

• Eocene of Argentina (6), Australia (1)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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