-
speculated that
meiolaniids were also
present on the latter,
although no
fossils of them have yet been
found there. Furthermore,
meiolaniids may have been...
-
aquatic turtles, 100° in
tortoises and 115° in
meiolaniids. The
inner ear
anatomy of
tortoises and
meiolaniids is
generally ****ociated with
stabilizing the...
-
approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) it is a
large turtle and
among the
largest meiolaniids.
Ninjemys is
primarily known from a well
preserved skull and ****ociated...
- of
meiolaniids,
which described the
endocranial anatomy of Niolamia,
Gaffneylania and Meiolania.
Among the
findings of the
paper was that
meiolaniids had...
-
extinct genus of
Australian meiolaniid turtle from the
Oligocene or
early Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland.
While other meiolaniids are
known for
their elaborate...
-
Gaffneylania is an
extinct genus of
meiolaniid turtle from the
Eocene of Patagonia.
Gaffneylania is
among the
earliest known meiolaniids and, much like its later...
- Lesley; Vickers-Rich, Patricia; Rich,
Thomas H. (April 3, 2017). "Oldest
Meiolaniid Turtle Remains from Australia:
Evidence from the
Eocene Kerosene Cr****...
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which are
otherwise unknown from this region.
Older (Early Miocene)
meiolaniids are also
known from the St.
Bathans fauna in New Zealand.
Although often...
- mammals, most
notably the
ankylosaurids and the glyptodonts, as well as
meiolaniid turtles. It is
thought that this was a form of
defensive armour or weapon...
-
Australasia and many
south Pacific islands, but the
distantly related meiolaniid stem
turtles are
thought to have
filled the same niche.
Giant tortoises...
