Chelodina murrayi

Chelodina murrayi Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Genus:	Chelodina
Subgenus:	Chelodina
Species:	C. murrayi
Binomial name
Chelodina murrayi Yates, 2013 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Chelodina murrayi Yates 2013

Fossil of Chelodina murrayi. The right epiplastron (part of the plastron, or lower shell) is shown in multiple views: (A) ventral, (B) dorsal, (C) front, and (D) back side. Diagrams (E, F) label scute regions and interpret anatomical features. Scale bar = 20 mm.

Chelodina murrayi is an extinct species of snake-necked turtle from the Waite Formation on the Alcoota Scientific Reserve, ^[1] north-east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. The species would appear to belong to the Chelodina novaeguineae group of species within the subgenus Chelodina.

References

1. Adam M. Yates (2013). "A new species of long-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae: Chelodina) from the late Miocene Alcoota Local Fauna, Northern Territory, Australia". PeerJ . 1: e170. doi: 10.7717/peerj.170 . PMC   3796373 . PMID   24133635.
2. Georges A, Thomson S (2010). "Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2496: 1–37. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2496.1.1.