Lord Howe Island (Meiolania Old Collection): Pleistocene, Australia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Meiolaniidae
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Meiolania platyceps n. gen., n. sp.
Owen 1886
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| BMNH R675, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Ceratochelys sthenurus n. gen., n. sp.
Huxley 1887
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Huxley 1887 | |||||||||
| synonym of Meiolania platyceps | ||||||||||
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Meiolania minor n. sp.
Owen 1886
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| synonym of Meiolania platyceps | ||||||||||
| the current disposition of the material is unclear | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Australia | State/province: | New South Wales |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° South, 159.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.5° South, 159.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Found in beach exposures |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 185430 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-04-23 11:47:12 | Last modified: | 2017-04-23 11:47:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-04-23 11:47:12 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 62172. | 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 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |
Secondary references:
| 62178 | T. H. Huxley. 1887. Preliminary note on the fossil remains of a chelonian reptile, Ceratochelys sthenurus, from Lord Howe’s Island, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 42:232-238 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |