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† Megalochelys

Megalochelys

Additional Functions

Grouping

Belong­ing to

Gaeabionta  ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota  ⇒ Reich: Animalia  ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa  ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica  ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa  ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia  ⇒ Stamm: Chordata  ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata  ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata  ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda  ⇒ Serie: Amniota  ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida  ⇒ Überordnung: Testudinata  ⇒ Ordnung: Testudines  ⇒ Unterordnung: Cryptodira  ⇒ Klade: Pantestudinoidea  ⇒ Überfamilie: Testudinoidea  ⇒ Familie: Testudinidae

Taxo­nomic seg­ment

Gattung

This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

Name from

Corre­spond­ing author (Name, Year)

Falconer & Cautley, 1837

Other languages

scientific

Megalochelys

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 5.333 Ma - End age: 0.0117 Ma
Phanerozoic
(Phanerozoikum)
Cenozoic
(Känozoikum)
Quaternary
(Quartär)
Neogene
(Neogen)
Pleistocene
(Pleistozän)
Pliocene
(Pliozän)
Upper Pleistocene
(Oberes Pleistozän)
Ionian
(Mittleres Pleistozän)
Calabrian
(Unteres Pleistozän)
Gelasian
(Gelasium)
Piacenzian
(Piacenzium)
Zanclean
(Zancleum)
0.0117
0.129
0.129
0.774
0.774
1.8
1.8
2.58
2.58
3.6
3.6
5.333

Additional data by PBDB, License: CC BY

Motility: actively mobile
Habit: ground dwelling
Environment: terrestrial
Diet:

herbivore

Compositon of the remains:

phosphatic

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Next lower taxonomy level

On the same taxonomic level (siblings) (Count: 50)

Taxonomic assignment (1)

References by PBDB, License: CC BY

  • W. Naksri, 2019 - Plio-Pleistocene giant tortoises from Tha Chang sandpits, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand - Annales de Paléontologie (), 1-11 (journal article, English)
  • E. Vlachos, 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 (journal article, English)
  • H. Falconer, 1844 - On the osteological characters and paleontological history of the Colossochelys atlas, a fossil tortoise of enormous size from the Tertiary strata of the Siwalik Hill in the north of India - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (12), 84-88 (journal article, English)
  • H. Falconer, 1837 - On additional fossil species of the order Quadrumona from Siwaliks Hill - Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (6), 354-360 (journal article, English)

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) iB0QGxMcxE2bseylf9dpog
GUID (Global unique identifier) 1B101D88-1C13-4DC4-9BB1-ECA57FD769A2
Database ID 87710