Warkalania

Warkalania
Temporal range: Oligocene or early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Meiolaniidae
Genus: Warkalania
Gaffney et al., 1992
species
  • W. carinaminor

Warkalania is an extinct genus of Australian meiolaniid turtle. It is unique among this group in having small, low ridges instead of long horns.[1]

References

  1. Gaffney, Eugene S., Archer, Michael, and White, Arthur. Warkaiania, a New Meiolaniid Turtle from the Tertiary Riversleigh Deposits of Queensland, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1992. 9(1):35-48