Gaffneylania
Monotypic species of reptile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaffneylania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid turtle from the Eocene of Patagonia.[1] Gaffneylania is among the earliest known meiolaniids and, much like its later relatives, possessed characteristic horns atop its head. The shell appears to have had a serrated margin. Gaffneylania is a monotypic genus, only containing a single species, Gaffneylania auricularis.
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Gaffneylania | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Meiolaniidae |
Genus: | †Gaffneylania Sterli et al., 2015 |
Type species | |
Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al., 2015 |
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