Elseya nadibajagu

Elseya nadibajagu
Temporal range: Early Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Family: Chelidae
Subfamily: Chelodininae
Genus: Elseya
Subgenus: Pelocomastes
Species: E. nadibajagu
Binomial name
Elseya nadibajagu
Thomson & Mackness, 1999[1]

Elseya nadibajagu is a Pliocene species of extinct Australian snapping turtle, described from the Bluff Downs region of Queensland, Australia.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Thomson SA, Mackness BS. (1999). "Fossil turtles from the Early Pliocene Bluff Downs local fauna, with a description of a new species of Elseya" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 123 (3): 101–105.
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