Contents



History Review

ArticleTalk
Tools
Read Edit

Free from, Australian History



Appearance

Adjust font size:


Theme:

Edit History

Edit History

Back to Article
TimestampUsernameURL
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by ''Sir Richard Owen'' in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Description ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' is characterized by its unique triangular skull adorned with cow-like horns and large curved points at the rear. Unlike other turtles, it could not retract its head into its shell, likely due to the absence of predators on the island. Its robust body was supported by short, powerful legs and ended in a long tail armored with bony rings, which culminated in a spiked, bony sheath.
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Habitat and Ecology ==
Lord Howe Island's isolated environment allowed ''Meiolania platyceps'' to thrive without significant predators. It adapted well to terrestrial life, with limbs suited for walking rather than swimming. Its extinction, however, remains a topic of debate among scientists.
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Taxonomy ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' belongs to the Meiolaniidae, a family of turtles with a fossil record dating back 60 million years. Other species of Meiolaniidae are known from Patagonia, South America, and Australia.
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Significance ==
The remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' provide valuable insights into the evolution and adaptation of turtles in isolated ecosystems. Its discovery also highlights the diversity of prehistoric fauna on Lord Howe Island.<ref>Prehistoric Animals of Australia, By Susan quirk and Michael archer, 1983, P.36.</ref>
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
15:38, 03 December 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Testudines
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = Meiolania
| species = M. platyceps
| binomial = Meiolania platyceps
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' /ˌmaɪoʊˈleɪniə ˌplætɪˈsɛps/ is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Testudines
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = Meiolania
| species = M. platyceps
| binomial = Meiolania platyceps
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' /ˌmaɪoʊˈleɪniə ˌplætɪˈsɛps/ is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.<br><br>
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by ''Sir Richard Owen'' in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Description ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' is characterized by its unique triangular skull adorned with cow-like horns and large curved points at the rear. Unlike other turtles, it could not retract its head into its shell, likely due to the absence of predators on the island. Its robust body was supported by short, powerful legs and ended in a long tail armored with bony rings, which culminated in a spiked, bony sheath.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Habitat and Ecology ==
Lord Howe Island's isolated environment allowed ''Meiolania platyceps'' to thrive without significant predators. It adapted well to terrestrial life, with limbs suited for walking rather than swimming. Its extinction, however, remains a topic of debate among scientists.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Taxonomy ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' belongs to the Meiolaniidae, a family of turtles with a fossil record dating back 60 million years. Other species of Meiolaniidae are known from Patagonia, South America, and Australia.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Significance ==
The remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' provide valuable insights into the evolution and adaptation of turtles in isolated ecosystems. Its discovery also highlights the diversity of prehistoric fauna on Lord Howe Island.<ref>Prehistoric Animals of Australia, By Susan quirk and Michael archer, 1983, P.36.</ref>
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Testudines
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = ''Meiolania''
| species = '''M. platyceps'''
| binomial = ''Meiolania platyceps''
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' /ˌmaɪoʊˈleɪniə ˌplætɪˈsɛps/ is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by ''Sir Richard Owen'' in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.<br><br>
== Description ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' is characterized by its unique triangular skull adorned with cow-like horns and large curved points at the rear. Unlike other turtles, it could not retract its head into its shell, likely due to the absence of predators on the island. Its robust body was supported by short, powerful legs and ended in a long tail armored with bony rings, which culminated in a spiked, bony sheath.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Habitat and Ecology ==
Lord Howe Island's isolated environment allowed ''Meiolania platyceps'' to thrive without significant predators. It adapted well to terrestrial life, with limbs suited for walking rather than swimming. Its extinction, however, remains a topic of debate among scientists.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Taxonomy ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' belongs to the Meiolaniidae, a family of turtles with a fossil record dating back 60 million years. Other species of Meiolaniidae are known from Patagonia, South America, and Australia.
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Significance ==
The remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' provide valuable insights into the evolution and adaptation of turtles in isolated ecosystems. Its discovery also highlights the diversity of prehistoric fauna on Lord Howe Island.<ref>Prehistoric Animals of Australia, By Susan quirk and Michael archer, 1983, P.36.</ref>
11:41, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
11:35, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Testudines
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = ''Meiolania''
| species = '''M. platyceps'''
| binomial = ''Meiolania platyceps''
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' /ˌmaɪoʊˈleɪniə ˌplætɪˈsɛps/ is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = Reptilia
| ordo = Testudines
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = ''Meiolania''
| species = '''M. platyceps'''
| binomial = ''Meiolania platyceps''
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by ''Sir Richard Owen'' in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Description ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' is characterized by its unique triangular skull adorned with cow-like horns and large curved points at the rear. Unlike other turtles, it could not retract its head into its shell, likely due to the absence of predators on the island. Its robust body was supported by short, powerful legs and ended in a long tail armored with bony rings, which culminated in a spiked, bony sheath.
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Habitat and Ecology ==
Lord Howe Island's isolated environment allowed ''Meiolania platyceps'' to thrive without significant predators. It adapted well to terrestrial life, with limbs suited for walking rather than swimming. Its extinction, however, remains a topic of debate among scientists.
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Taxonomy ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' belongs to the Meiolaniidae, a family of turtles with a fossil record dating back 60 million years. Other species of Meiolaniidae are known from [[Patagonia]], South America, and [[Australia]].
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Significance ==
The remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' provide valuable insights into the evolution and adaptation of turtles in isolated ecosystems. Its discovery also highlights the diversity of prehistoric fauna on Lord Howe Island.<ref>Prehistoric Animals of Australia, By Susan quirk and Michael archer, 1983, P.36.</ref>
11:28, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
11:26, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by ''Sir Richard Owen'' in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = ../Images/Meiolania_Platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| width = 220
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Testudines]]
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = ''Meiolania''
| species = '''M. platyceps'''
| binomial = ''Meiolania platyceps''
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Discovery ==
Fossilized remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' were first described by [[Sir Richard Owen]] in 1886. The fossils, including several skulls, incomplete shells, and articulated tail-sheaths, were discovered in coral-sand deposits estimated to be around 50,000 years old near the northern end of Lord Howe Island.
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Description ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' is characterized by its unique triangular skull adorned with cow-like horns and large curved points at the rear. Unlike other turtles, it could not retract its head into its shell, likely due to the absence of predators on the island. Its robust body was supported by short, powerful legs and ended in a long tail armored with bony rings, which culminated in a spiked, bony sheath.
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Habitat and Ecology ==
Lord Howe Island's isolated environment allowed ''Meiolania platyceps'' to thrive without significant predators. It adapted well to terrestrial life, with limbs suited for walking rather than swimming. Its extinction, however, remains a topic of debate among scientists.
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Taxonomy ==
''Meiolania platyceps'' belongs to the Meiolaniidae, a family of turtles with a fossil record dating back 60 million years. Other species of Meiolaniidae are known from [[Patagonia]], South America, and [[Australia]].
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
== Significance ==
The remains of ''Meiolania platyceps'' provide valuable insights into the evolution and adaptation of turtles in isolated ecosystems. Its discovery also highlights the diversity of prehistoric fauna on Lord Howe Island.<ref>Prehistoric Animals of Australia, By Susan quirk and Michael archer, 1983, P.36.</ref>
10:36, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
10:19, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==References==
{{Reflist}}
10:19, 26 November 2024Armoured Jupiterhttps://australianhistory.net/Contents/Meiolania_Platyceps.php
==Meiolania Platyceps==
{{Taxobox
| name = Meiolania platyceps
| fossil_range = [[Late Pleistocene]]
| image = Meiolania_platyceps.jpg
| image_caption = Reconstruction of ''Meiolania platyceps''
| status = EX
| status_system = iucn3.1
| extinct = yes
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Testudines]]
| familia = Meiolaniidae
| genus = ''Meiolania''
| species = '''M. platyceps'''
| binomial = ''Meiolania platyceps''
| binomial_authority = Owen, 1886
}}
'''Meiolania platyceps''' is an extinct species of large, horned, land-dwelling turtle belonging to the family Meiolaniidae. It was endemic to Lord Howe Island, a volcanic island in the Tasman Sea, approximately 644 km ENE of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Settings
Getting Started