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. All four species described were declared a single diagnosable species by Thomson, 2000.
To avoid confusion the synonymy for the species is as follows:
- Elseya uberrima (De Vis, 1897)
- Chelymys uberrima De Vis, 1897: 3
- Chelymys antiqua De Vis 1897: 4
- Chelymys arata De Vis 1897: 5
- Pelocomastes ampla De Vis 1897: 6–7
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) 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.
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Chelidae |
Chelinae |
Acanthochelys |
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- Acanthochelys macrocephala
- Acanthochelys pallidipectoris
- Acanthochelys radiolata
- Acanthochelys spixii
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Chelus |
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Mesoclemmys |
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- Mesoclemmys dahli
- Mesoclemmys gibba
- Mesoclemmys heliostemma
- Mesoclemmys hogei
- Mesoclemmys nasuta
- Mesoclemmys perplexa
- Mesoclemmys raniceps
- Mesoclemmys tuberculata
- Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei
- Mesoclemmys zuliae
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Phrynops |
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- Phrynops geoffroanus
- Phrynops hilarii
- †Phrynops paranaensis
- Phrynops tuberosus
- Phrynops williamsi
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Platemys |
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Rhinemys |
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Chelodininae |
Chelodina |
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Elseya |
Elseya |
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Pelocomastes |
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Hanwarachelys |
- Elseya novaeguineae
- Elseya rhodini
- Elseya schultzei
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Elusor |
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Emydura |
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Myuchelys |
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Rheodytes |
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- Rheodytes leukops
- †Rheodytes devisi
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Hydromedusinae |
Hydromedusa |
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- Hydromedusa maximiliani
- Hydromedusa tectifera
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Pseudemydurinae |
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Pelomedusidae |
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Pelomedusa |
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Pelusios |
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- Pelusios adansonii
- Pelusios bechuanicus
- Pelusios broadleyi
- Pelusios carinatus
- Pelusios castaneus
- Pelusios castanoides
- Pelusios chapini
- Pelusios cupulatta
- Pelusios gabonensis
- Pelusios marani
- Pelusios nanus
- Pelusios niger
- Pelusios rhodesianus
- Pelusios sinuatus
- Pelusios subniger
- Pelusios upembae
- Pelusios williamsi
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Podocnemididae |
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Erymnochelys |
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- Erymnochelys madagascariensis
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Peltocephalus |
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- Peltocephalus dumerilianus
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Podocnemis |
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- Podocnemis erythrocephala
- Podocnemis expansa
- Podocnemis lewyana
- Podocnemis sextuberculata
- Podocnemis unifilis
- Podocnemis vogli
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Suborder |
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Cryptodira |
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Pleurodira |
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†Araripemydidae |
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†Bothremydidae |
- †Araiochelys
- †Arenila
- †Azabbaremys
- †Bothremys
- †Cearachelys
- †Chedighaii
- †Chupacabrachelys
- †Eotaphrosphys
- †Foxemys
- †Galianemys
- †Ilatardia
- †Inaechelys
- †Itapecuruemys
- †Jainemys
- †Kinkonychelys
- †Kurmademys
- †Labrostochelys
- †Nigeremys
- †Polysternon
- †Puentemys
- †Rosasia
- †Rhothonemys
- †Sankuchemys
- †Taphrosphys
- †Ummulisani
- †Zolhafah
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Chelidae |
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Pelomedusidae |
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Podocnemididae |
- †Albertwoodemys
- †Bauruemys
- †Brontochelys
- †Carbonemys
- †Cerrejonemys
- †Cordichelys
- Erymnochelys
- †Latentemys
- Peltocephalus
- Podocnemis
- †Stupendemys
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- See also List of Testudines families
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