Elseya uberrima

Elseya uberrima

Taxonavigation

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 uberrima

Name

• Elseya uberima De Vis, 1897 sec, Thomson et al. 2015
  • Type locality: Locality. Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia.
  • Horizon: Pliocene.
  • Holotype: none set (de Vis, 1897). Lectotype: QMF9040 by subsequent designation (Gaffney, 1981)

Synonymy

• Chelymys uberima de Vis 1897: 3.
  • Chelymys antiqua (de Vis 1897: 4.) sec. Thomson 2000
  • Chelymys arata (de Vis 1897: 5.) sec. Thomson 2000
  • Pelecomastes ampla (de Vis 1897: 6–7.) sec. Thomson 2000
  • Elseya uberrima (de Vis 1897: 3.) sec. Thomson 2000
  • Elseya (Pelocomastes) uberrima (de Vis 1897: 3.) sec. Thomson et al. 2015

Distribution

Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.

References

• De Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3:3-7.
• Thomson, S. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoires of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 593–598. Online (with link to PDF). Reference page. 
• 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. 
• ZooBank: AC3D1441-BC88-4C76-B1F6-932B0D3FC406

Vernacular names

• en: Snapping Turtle (uberima means utmost good faith in Latin, how that can be translated to a common name is up for interpretation).