Elseya nadibajagu

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Chelidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Chelidoidea

Familia: Chelidae
Subfamilia: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Pelocomastes
Species: †Elseya nadibajagu

Elseya nadibajagu Thomson & Mackness 1999
- Elseya (Pelocomastes) nadibajagu (Thomson & Mackness 1999) sec, Thomson et al. 2015
- Type locality: Upper Andrews Quarry (19° 43' S, 145° 36' E). Allingham Formation, Bluff Downs, Bluff Downs Station, north-eastern Queensland.
- Horizon: Early Pliocene. based on the radiometrically dated age of the overlying basalts (Archer & Wade 1976)
- Holotype: QMF30576, a partially articulated carapace and associated plastron

Elseya nadibajagu Thomson & Mackness 1999
- Elseya (Pelocomastes) nadibajagu Thomson et al. 2015

Known only from the type locality and horizon.

Thomson, S. & Mackness, B. 1999. Fossil Turtles from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs Local Fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 123(3):101-105. download
Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1): 59–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
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