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Meiolania

Meiolania

Meiolania, an extinct genus of cryptodire turtle from the Oligocene period to Holocene period, with the last relic populations at New Caledonia which survived until 2000 years ago

class, taxon, species, biological group
Class
taxon, species, biological group, reptile
Parent Class
animal, turtle, eukaryote, reptile, chordate,  …
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiolania
Kingdom
animal
Order
Turtle, turtle
Phylum
chordate
Related Websites
http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/Reptilia/Parareptilia/Cryptodira.htm, http://www.austmus.gov.au/palaeontology/collections/popups/platyceps.htm
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DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Meiolania
Rare Terms
"giant tortoise", "horned turtle"
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