Meiolania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid stem-turtle native to Australasia throughout much of the Cenozoic. Meiolania was a large turtle, with the shell...

the Middle Jurassic. They are best known from the last surviving genus, Meiolania, which lived in Australia from the Miocene until the Pleistocene, and...

from Argentina to London, allowing him to compare it to the remains of Meiolania platyceps, a turtle named by Richard Owen from Australia. According to...

possibly New South Wales (Australia). It overall resembled its relative, Meiolania, save that the largest pair of horns on its head stuck out to the sides...

that is present between the labial and lingual ridges of Meiolania and unlike in Meiolania or Niolamia, the labial ridge is taller. Both run parallel...

species, such as the land crocodile (Mekosuchus kalpokasi), land tortoise (Meiolania damelipi) and various flightless bird species. Lapita settlements reached...

such as the Elephant bird, moa, Haast's eagle, Quinkana, Megalania and Meiolania. The severe climatic changes during the Ice Age had major impacts on the...

bird over a metre tall not closely related to any living species, and Meiolania, a giant horned turtle that diverged from living turtles during the Jurassic...

and eggs, land and marine snails, and the extinct giant horned turtle (Meiolania platyceps) which is not closely related to any living kind of turtle....

Pleistocene, comparably sized or larger tortoises were present in Australia (Meiolania), southern Asia (Megalochelys), Europe (Titanochelon), Madagascar (Aldabrachelys)...

constrictor snake) Several spp. of Meiolaniidae (giant armoured turtles) Meiolania Ninjemys The megafaunal extinctions were already recognized as a distinct...

high-crowned lophodont teeth; and a new species of giant horned tortoise, Meiolania. New marsupial lion, thylacine, and dasyurid material has also been recovered...

†Ninjemys †Meiolania...

Wonambi naracoortensis, a five-metre snake, a five-metre lizard and Meiolania. The direct cause of the mass extinctions is uncertain: it may have been...

woodlands. It is most similar to the extant olive python (Liasis olivacea). Meiolania was a genus of huge terrestrial stem-turtle (Meiolaniidae) measuring 2...

obtained in the case of the distantly-related giant meiolaniid turtle Meiolania damelipi in Vanuatu. One interesting relic is the shell of an extinct...

†Ninjemys †Meiolania...

biologists and conservationists. The island was home to horned fossil turtles (Meiolania mackayi) and terrestrial fossil crocodiles (Mekosuchus inexpectatus) which...

reached 70 cm (2.3 ft) in carapace length. The largest meiolaniid was Meiolania. Meiolania platyceps had a carapace 100 cm (3.3 ft) long and probably reached...

relative of turtles survived until about 2,000 years ago, the Australasian Meiolania at about 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) long and a weight of over 1 t (2,200 lb). Later...

of tortoises of similar or larger size have been found in Australia (Meiolania), southern Asia (Megalochelys), Madagascar (Aldabrachelys), North America...

clade of stem-group turtles, defined as all taxa more closely related to Meiolania than to Cryptodira and Pleurodira. It is known from the Early Cretaceous...

for animals that are found in most places around continents. Examples: Meiolania ("weak wanderer"); Megalania ("great wanderer") leo-: Pronunciation: /lɛʊ/...

koala and wombat species, the tapir-like Palorchestes, the giant turtle Meiolania, and the giant bird Genyornis. Diprotodon coexisted with the diprotodontid...

Perichelydia Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Meiolania Helochelydra skull Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom:...

distinctive bull-like horns of Meiolania. Gaffney and colleagues found that Warkalania shared several features of its horns with Meiolania, including the size of...

†Meiolania platyceps †Niolamia argentina...

Woodward A. S. 1901. On some extinct reptiles from Patagonia, of the genera Meiolania, Dinilysia, and Genyodectes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of...

reintroduced to Eurasia in the 20th century. c. 810 BC Vanuatu horned turtle ?Meiolania damelipi Vanuatu and Viti Levu, Fiji Hunting. 800-700 BC Syrian elephant...

with the mid-Cliffdenian to mid-Lillburnian New Zealand stages. Turtles: Meiolania brevicollis Sharks, rays, skates and relatives Chlamydoselachidae: †Chlamydoselachus...