Species Elseya (Pelocomastes) lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994)

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External Links

• Emydura lavarackorum White, A. & Archer, M. 1994. Emydura lavarackorum, a new Pleistocene turtle (Pleurodira: Chelidae) from fluviatile deposits at Riversleigh, Northwestern Queensland. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 27: 159-167 [159].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM F 24121 fossil: associated almost complete plastron, partial carapace & pelvic fragments, S bank of Gregory River, Riversleigh Stn, ca 200 km NW of Mt Isa, NW Qld.

 

Generic Combinations

• Elseya lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994). —
  Thomson, S., White, A. & Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 327-336

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Elseya dentata lavarackorum (White & Archer, 1994) [as subspecies]. —
  Artner, H. 2008. The world's extant turtles, Part 1. Emys 15: 4-32

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Nicholson River drainage.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP)

General References

Georges, A. & Thomson, S. 2010. Diversity of Australasian freshwater turtles, with an annotated synonymy and keys to species. Zootaxa 2496: 1-37

Thomson, S., White, A. & Georges, A. 1997. Re-evaluation of Emydura lavarackorum: identification of a living fossil. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 327-336 [327] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

 

Common Name References

CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Gulf Snapping Turtle)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
31-Oct-2018	CHELIDAE	16-Mar-2023	MODIFIED
04-Sep-2013	CHELIDAE	02-Apr-2014	MODIFIED
09-Aug-2012		20-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
29-Apr-2011		29-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)