Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Alternative combination: Chelodina murrayi

Full reference: A. M. Yates. 2013. A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia. PeerJ 1:e170:1-24

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

See also Maniel and de la Fuente 2016

Sister taxa: Chelodina (Chelodina) canni, Chelodina (Chelodina) gunaleni, Chelodina (Chelodina) longicollis, Chelodina (Chelodina) mccordi, Chelodina (Chelodina) novaeguineae, Chelodina (Chelodina) pritchardi, Chelodina (Chelodina) reimanni, Chelodina (Chelodina) steindachneri

Type specimen: NTM P5364, a partial shell. Its type locality is Alcoota Scientific Reserve, which is in a Miocene crevasse splay siltstone in the Waite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: found only at Alcoota Scientific Reserve

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