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...
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the Middle Jurassic. They are best known from the last surviving genus, Meiolania, which lived in Australia from the Miocene until the Pleistocene, and...
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Niolamia (redirect from Meiolania argentina)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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species, such as the land crocodile (Mekosuchus kalpokasi), land tortoise (Meiolania damelipi) and various flightless bird species. Lapita settlements reached...
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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...
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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....
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Pleistocene, comparably sized or larger tortoises were present in Australia (Meiolania), southern Asia (Megalochelys), Europe (Titanochelon), Madagascar (Aldabrachelys)...
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constrictor snake) Several spp. of Meiolaniidae (giant armoured turtles) Meiolania Ninjemys The megafaunal extinctions were already recognized as a distinct...
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high-crowned lophodont teeth; and a new species of giant horned tortoise, Meiolania. New marsupial lion, thylacine, and dasyurid material has also been recovered...
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obtained in the case of the distantly-related giant meiolaniid turtle Meiolania damelipi in Vanuatu. One interesting relic is the shell of an extinct...
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woodlands. It is most similar to the extant olive python (Liasis olivacea). Meiolania was a genus of huge terrestrial stem-turtle (Meiolaniidae) measuring 2...
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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...
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biologists and conservationists. The island was home to horned fossil turtles (Meiolania mackayi) and terrestrial fossil crocodiles (Mekosuchus inexpectatus) which...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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of tortoises of similar or larger size have been found in Australia (Meiolania), southern Asia (Megalochelys), Madagascar (Aldabrachelys), North America...
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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...
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for animals that are found in most places around continents. Examples: Meiolania ("weak wanderer"); Megalania ("great wanderer") leo-: Pronunciation: /lɛʊ/...
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koala and wombat species, the tapir-like Palorchestes, the giant turtle Meiolania, and the giant bird Genyornis. Diprotodon coexisted with the diprotodontid...
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distinctive bull-like horns of Meiolania. Gaffney and colleagues found that Warkalania shared several features of its horns with Meiolania, including the size of...
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†Meiolania platyceps †Niolamia argentina...
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high-crowned lophodont teeth; and a new species of giant horned tortoise, Meiolania. New marsupial lion, thylacine, and dasyurid material has also been recovered...
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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...
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Chubutemys Otwayemys Patagoniaemys Peligrochelys Trapalcochelys Meiolaniidae Gaffneylania Meiolania Ninjemys Niolamia Warkalania...
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