小長頸龜屬

小长颈龟属
化石时期:始新世至現在
東澳長頸龜
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行綱 Reptilia
目: 龜鱉目 Testudines
亚目: 側頸龜亞目 Pleurodira
科: 蛇颈龟科 Chelidae
属: 小长颈龟属 Chelodina
Fitzinger, 1826 [1]

小長頸龜屬Chelodina)是蛇頸龜科下的一個, 其命名史相當複雜。[2] 原先的大長頸龜屬Macrochelodina)和窄胸長頸龜屬Macrodiremys)現也屬於該屬。[2]

小長頸龜屬只生活在澳大利亞新幾內亞印度尼西亞羅地島

亞屬

大長頸龜屬在1985年首次被描述(作為一個新屬),其頭部和頸部都極長,嗜食魚,該亞屬中最大的寬甲長頸龜背殼長度可達45厘米(18英寸)。[3] 其第一批化石(C. (M.) alanrixi)來自于昆士蘭州始新世地層。[4]

窄胸長頸龜屬是一個單種屬[5]

分類學

現分類依據Georges & Thomson於2010年的研究:[2]

小長頸龜亞屬Chelodina Fitzinger, 1826

大長頸龜亞屬Macrochelodina Wells & Wellington, 1985[6] or Chelydera Thomson & Georges, 2020[7]

窄胸長頸龜亞屬Macrodiremys McCord & Joseph-Uoni 2007[5]

參考資料

  1. ^ Fitzinger LJFJ. 1826. Neue classification der reptilien nach ihren natürlichen verwandtschaften. Nebst einer verwandtschafts-tafel und einem verzeichnisse der reptilien-sammlung des K. K. zoologischen museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner, Wien. vii, 66 pp.
  2. ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1–37.
  3. ^ Macrochelodina expansa (Grey, 1856) - Broad-Shelled Turtle 互联网档案馆存檔,存档日期2010-12-31.
  4. ^ Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001: Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 41-79
  5. ^ 5.0 5.1 McCord, W.P. & Joseph-Uoni, M., 2007, A New Genus of Australian Longneck Turtle (Testudines: Chelidae) and a New Species of Macrochelodina from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia (Australia. Reptilia, 31, 56–64.
  6. ^ Wells, R.W. and Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the amphibia and reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series. 1:1-61.
  7. ^ Shea, G., Thomson, S. & Georges, A. 2020. The identity of Chelodina oblonga Gray 1841 (Testudines: Chelidae) reassessed. Zootaxa 4779(3): 419–437. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.9. PDF
  8. ^ Lapparent de Broin, F. de, & Molnar, R. E., 2001: Eocene chelid turtles from Redbank Plains, Southeast Queensland, Australia. Geodiversitas: Vol. 23, #1, pp. 41-79
  9. ^ de Vis, C.W. 1897. The extinct freshwater turtles of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum. 3: 3-7.
  10. ^ Thomson S., Kennett R. and Georges A. (2000). A new species of long necked turtle (Chelidae:Chelodina) from the sandstone plateau of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia.页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:675-685.
  11. ^ Gray, John Edward. 1841. A catalogue of the species of reptiles and amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia, and some remarks on their geographical distribution. In: Grey, G. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in Northwest and Western Australia. London: T. and W. Boone, Vol. 2. Appendix E, pp. 422–449.
  12. ^ Turtle Study at Hyde Park » City of Vincent. www.vincent.wa.gov.au. [2021-08-14]. (原始内容存档于2023-03-23). 
  13. ^ Gray, John Edward. 1856a. On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855[1856](23):197–202.

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