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Meiolaniidae
Taxonomy
Meiolaniidae was named by Lydekker (1887). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Sterli and de la Fuente (2011) and Sterli (2015).
It was assigned to Baenoidea by Kuhn (1966) and Carroll (1988); to Cryptodira by de Broin (1987), Megirian (1992), Gaffney et al. (1992), Gaffney (1996) and Joyce et al. (2004); to Eucryptodira by Gaffney et al. (2007); to Testudinata by Sterli and de la Fuente (2011) and Anquetin (2012); and to Meiolaniformes by Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015), Sterli et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015) and Sterli and de la Fuente (2019).
It was assigned to Baenoidea by Kuhn (1966) and Carroll (1988); to Cryptodira by de Broin (1987), Megirian (1992), Gaffney et al. (1992), Gaffney (1996) and Joyce et al. (2004); to Eucryptodira by Gaffney et al. (2007); to Testudinata by Sterli and de la Fuente (2011) and Anquetin (2012); and to Meiolaniformes by Sterli and de la Fuente (2013), de la Fuente et al. (2014), Sterli (2015), Sterli et al. (2015), Rhodin et al. (2015) and Sterli and de la Fuente (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Meiolaniidae Lydekker |
| 1889 | Miolaniidae Lydekker p. 159 |
| 1946 | Miolaniidae Kuhn p. 58 |
| 1966 | Meiolaniidae Kuhn p. 24 |
| 1987 | Meiolaniidae de Broin p. 132 |
| 1988 | Meiolaniidae Carroll |
| 1992 | Meiolaniidae Gaffney et al. |
| 1992 | Meiolaniidae Megirian |
| 1996 | Meiolanidae Gaffney |
| 2004 | Meiolanidae Joyce et al. |
| 2007 | Meiolaniidae Gaffney et al. |
| 2011 | Meiolaniidae Sterli and de la Fuente |
| 2012 | Meiolaniidae Anquetin p. 34 fig. 10 |
| 2013 | Meiolaniidae Sterli and de la Fuente |
| 2014 | Meiolaniidae de la Fuente et al. |
| 2015 | Meiolaniidae Rhodin et al. |
| 2015 | Meiolaniidae Sterli |
| 2015 | Meiolaniidae Sterli et al. |
| 2019 | Meiolaniidae Sterli and de la Fuente |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Meiolaniidae Lydekker 1887
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G. †Meiolania Owen 1886
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†Meiolania brevicollis Megirian 1992
†Meiolania mackayi Anderson 1925
†Meiolania platyceps Owen 1886
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Invalid names: Ceratochelys sthenurus Huxley 1887 [objective synonym], Meiolania minor Owen 1886 [synonym]
Invalid names: Miolaniidae [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. Sterli 2015 | Representatives of Meiolaniidae are diagnosed relative to more basal meiolaniforms by the presence of a contact between the quadratojugal and the squamosal below cavum tympani, presence of squamosal horns, absence of an antrum postoticum, presence of an intrapterygoid slit through which the arteria palatina enters the skull, presence of a bony flooring for the canalis carotici interni posterior to the bifurcation of the cerebral and palatine branches, formation of the foramen posterior canalis carotici interni by the pterygoid and the presence of a tail club and tail rings. |