{"id":672,"date":"2023-05-29T10:58:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T01:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=672"},"modified":"2023-05-30T12:13:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T02:43:29","slug":"meiolania-brevicollis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/reptiles\/meiolania-brevicollis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meiolania brevicollis<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meiolania brevicollis<\/em><\/h1>\n

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Meiolania brevicollis<\/em> belongs to an extinct genus of meiolaniid turtles that were present in Australasia from the Miocene to the Pleistocene (and possibly in to the Holocene). This species is the only member of this genus that has been identified on mainland Australia so far.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”687″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes”][vc_single_image image=”843″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes”][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Skeletal element:<\/strong> squamosal (right)
\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> NTM P870103-2
\nSignificance of specimen:<\/strong> Holotype
\nGeological age:<\/strong> Miocene
\nState\/territory:<\/strong> Northern Territory
\nLocality\/site:<\/strong> Blast Site, Camfield Station[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubW9ycGhvc291cmNlLm9yZyUyRnV2Lmh0bWwlMjMlM0ZtYW5pZmVzdCUzRCUyRm1hbmlmZXN0cyUyRjFkNWZkYzI4LTVlMDYtNDU2Zi05ZjYwLTRiYjgxYjBhNThhZiUyMiUyMHdpZHRoJTNEJTIyNTYwJTIyJTIwaGVpZ2h0JTNEJTIyNDIwJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTIwZnJhbWVib3JkZXIlM0QlMjIwJTIyJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Skeletal element:<\/strong> partial shell
\nSpecimen number:<\/strong> SAMA P43061
\nGeological age:<\/strong> Miocene
\nState\/territory: <\/strong>South Australia
\nLocality\/site:<\/strong> Lake Pinpa<\/p>\n

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