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Megalochelys ✝

Description

Megalochelys is an extinct genus of cryptodiran tortoise which lived from the Miocene to Pleistocene, across Asia and possibly East Europe.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalochelys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2441679https://www.gbif.org/species/2441679
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)375518https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=375518
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Megalochelys
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodiraCope 1868
-PantestudinoideaJoyce et al. 2004
superfamilyTestudinoideaGray 1825
-PantestudinidaeJoyce et al. 2004
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusMegalochelysFalconer & Cautley 1837
Scientific NameMegalochelys Falconer & Cautley, 1837
Name Published InJ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Megalochelysgenusbelongs to Testudinidaestated with evidenceSetiyabudi, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Testudinidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, herbivore (based on Testudinidae)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Testudinidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1837. On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumona from Siwaliks Hill. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6:354-360
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalochelys

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Megalochelys sivalensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1111.6 Ma
Miocene		2.59 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1837Megalochelys Falconer and Cautley
2009Megalochelys Setiyabudi
2019Megalochelys Naksri et al.
2019Megalochelys Vlachos

References

Falconer H., Cautley P. T. On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumona from Siwaliks Hill, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 6, 354-360
Setiyabudi E. (2009) An Early Pleistocene giant tortoise (Reptilia ; Testudines ; Testudinidae) from the Bumiayu area, Central Java, Indonesia, Journal of Fossil Research 42 1, 1-11
Naksri W., Tong H., et al (2019) Plio-Pleistocene giant tortoises from Tha Chang sandpits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand, Annales de Paléontologie, 1-11 doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2019.06.001
Vlachos E. (2019) On the nomenclature of the largest tortoise that ever lived: Megalochelys sivalensis Falconer & Cautley, 1837 vs. Colossochelys atlas Falconer & Cautley, 1844 (Reptilia, Testudinidae), Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 76, 162-164 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v76.a050
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/EMBL Reptiles - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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