Chelid turtles from the Miocene freshwater limestones of Riversleigh Station, northwestern Queensland, Australia. American Museum novitates ; ; no. 2959.
Year: 1989
Type: article
Abstract: The early to middle Miocene freshwater lime- stones of Riversleigh Station, northwestern Queensland, have yielded three taxa ofside-necked turtles, or pleurodires, of the family Chelidae: Pseudemydura sp., Chelodina sp., and a member of the Emydura group.The Pseudemydura spec- imen, a portion of the skull roof, is the first fossil of this rare and endangered genus and the first record outside its present small range near Perth, Western Australia.The Chelodina specimen, a plastron, is the first Miocene record and oldest fossil of this living Australian genus.
Source: American Museum Novitates
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1795282901