Elseya uberrima - Wikipedia

Elseya uberrima Temporal range: Eocene

Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	Chelidae
Subfamily:	Chelodininae
Genus:	Elseya
Subgenus:	Pelocomastes
Species:	E. uberima
Binomial name
*Elseya uberrima* (De Vis, 1897)

Elseya uberrima is an Eocene species of extinct Australian snapping turtle.

Taxonomy

During his time at the Queensland Museum, Charles Walter De Vis described a number of fossil turtles from the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia.^[1] All four species described were declared a single diagnosable species by Thomson, 2000.^[1]

To avoid confusion the synonymy for the species is as follows:

Elseya uberrima (De Vis, 1897^[2])
- Chelymys uberrima De Vis, 1897: 3^[2]
- Chelymys antiqua De Vis 1897: 4^[2]
- Chelymys arata De Vis 1897: 5^[2]
- Pelocomastes ampla De Vis 1897: 6-7^[2]

This synonymy has made the genus name Pelocomastes a junior synonym of Elseya and in their recent revision of that genus Thomson et al. (2015)^[3] resurrected Pelocomastes as a subgenus to represent the Queensland clade of the Elseya. Therefore, Elseya (Pelocomastes) uberrima is the type species for this subgenus.

A) Lectotype of Elseya uberrima; B) Lectotype of Elseya arata; C-D) dorsal and ventral views of the lectotype of Pelocomastes ampla. — A) Lectotype of *Elseya uberrima*; B) lectotype of *Elseya arata*; C-D) dorsal and ventral views of the lectotype of *Pelocomastes ampla*.

References

^ ^a ^b Thomson SA. 2000. A Revision of the Fossil Chelid Turtles (Pleurodira) Described by C.W. De Vis, 1897. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 593-598. (Brisbane).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e De Vis CW. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 3: 3-7.
^ Thomson, S., Amepou, Y., Anamiato, J. & Georges, A. 2015. A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006(1):59-82. Preview (PDF)

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Jurassic	Achelonia Americhelydia Bashuchelys Basilochelys Caribemys Chelonides Dinochelys Dorsetochelys Eurysternum Eurysternidae Hispaniachelys Hydropelta Idiochelys Neusticemys Parachelys Palaeomedusa Plesiochelys Pleurosternidae Selenemys Sinaspideretes Tacuarembemys Thalassemys Uluops
Cretaceous	Allopleuron Atlantochelys Angolachelys Anomalochelys Araripemys Araripemydidae Archelon Arvinachelys Aurorachelys Baenoidea Basilemys Bouliachelys Caririemys Cearachelys Chelosphargis Chubutemys Chupacabrachelys Compsemys victa Corsochelys Cratochelone Ctenochelys Desmatochelys Desmatochelys padillai Emarginachelys Foxemys Gigantatypus Gilmoremys Glyptops Hoplochelys Hoyasemys Iserosaurus Jeholochelys Jiangxichelys Kinkonychelys Kirgizemys Khunnuchelys Kurmademys Leyvachelys Liaochelys Lindholmemydidae Lomalatachelys Nanhsiungchelyidae Neurankylus Notochelone Ocepechelon Ordosemys Paracryptodira Patagoniaemys Peritresius Polysternon Pleurosternon Prochelidella Protostega Protostegidae Pneumatoarthrus Rhinochelys Sankuchemys Santanachelys Sinemys Terlinguachelys Toxochelys Trionyx kansaiensis Yaminuechelys
Paleogene and Neogene	Acherontemys Allaeochelys Anosteira Arabemys Argillochelys Axestemys Baenidae Banhxeochelys Berruchelus Bothremydidae Carbonemys Carolinochelys Cedrobaena Centrochelys atlantica Centrochelys vulcanica Cerrejonemys Chelodina murrayi Chelydrops Chelydropsis Chisternon Cosmochelys Elseya uberrima Elseya nadibajagu Eochelone Eosphargis Euclastes Foxemys Galianemys Gamerabaena Glarichelys Hadrianus Hesperotestudo Hutchemys Itilochelys Kinosternon pojoaque Lapparentemys Macrocephalochelys Manchurochelys Megalochelys (Megalochelys atlas) Mesodermochelys Mexichelys Miocaretta Niolamia Pacifichelys Palaeoamyda Palatobaena Peckemys Phrynops paranaensis Planiplastron Plesiobaena Procolpochelys Protochelydra Protosphargis Psephophorus Puppigerus Rheodytes devisi Rhinoclemmys panamaensis Stupendemys Stylemys Syllomus Tasbacka Trionyx ikoviensis Warkalania
Pleistocene	Centrochelys burchardi Centrochelys robusta Hesperotestudo mlynarskii Hesperotestudo percrassa Ninjemys Meiolaniidae Meiolania
Recent	Cylindraspis species: Domed Mauritius giant tortoise Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise Réunion giant tortoise Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise Aldabrachelys abrupta Aldabrachelys grandidieri Chelonoidis abingdonii Lonesome George Kinosternon arizonense

Testudines

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Genus

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	†Allopleuron Caretta †Carolinochelys Chelonia †Eochelone Eretmochelys †Gigantatypus †Glarichelys †Itilochelys Lepidochelys †Mexichelys †Miocaretta Natator †Pacifichelys †Syllomus †Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	†Arabemys †Corsochelys †Cosmochelys Dermochelys †Eosphargis †Mesodermochelys †Psephophorus
	†Euclastes †Peritresius †Procolpochelys †Protosphargis †Puppigerus

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius †Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae	†Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys †Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur †Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis †Cymatholcus †Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus †Hadrianus †Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria †Megalochelys †Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis †Solitudo Stigmochelys †Stylemys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae	†Allaeochelys †Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone †Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma †Drazinderetes Dogania †Gilmoremys †Hutchemys †Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea †Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	†Basilochelys †Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra †Chelydrops †Chelydropsis †Emarginachelys †Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys †Planiplastron †Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	†Anomalochelys †Basilemys †Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	†Alienochelys †Archelon †Atlantochelys †Bouliachelys †Calcarichelys †Cratochelone †Desmatochelys †Iserosaurus †Notochelone †Ocepechelon †Pneumatoarthrus †Protostega †Rhinochelys †Santanachelys †Terlinguachelys
	†Adocus †Argillochelys †Bashuchelys †Ctenochelys †Prionochelys †Toxochelys

Pleurodira

†Araripemydidae	†Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	†Araiochelys †Arenila †Azabbaremys †Bothremys †Cearachelys †Chedighaii †Chupacabrachelys †Eotaphrosphys †Foxemys †Galianemys †Ilatardia †Inaechelys †Itapecuruemys †Jainemys †Kinkonychelys †Kurmademys †Labrostochelys †Nigeremys †Phosphatochelys †Polysternon †Puentemys †Rosasia †Rhothonemys †Sankuchemys †Taphrosphys †Ummulisani †Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa †Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys †Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys †Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	†Albertwoodemys †Bauruemys †Brontochelys †Caninemys †Carbonemys †Cerrejonemys †Cordichelys Erymnochelys †Lapparentemys †Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis †Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	†Sahonachelys †Sokatra

	†Caribemys †Caririemys †Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

See also List of Testudines families

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