Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle with a long and complex history. Like its relatives, Niolamia was a robust and heavily armored terrestrial turtle with large, horn like scales covering its head and a tail encased by rings of bone.

Meiolaniidae is an extinct family of large, probably herbivorous stem-group turtles with heavily armored heads and clubbed tails known from South America and Australasia.

Meiolania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid stem - turtle native to Australasia throughout much of the Cenozoic. Meiolania was a large turtle, with the shell alone ranging from 0.7–2 m (2 ft 4 in – 6 ft 7 in) in length. Four species are currently recognized, although the …

2024年6月17日 · Niolamia argentina is a large meiolaniid turtle from Patagonia, characterized by the presence of extensive frills and massive horns in the skull.

2013年1月1日 · Meiolaniids are a peculiar group of extinct turtles bearing cranial horns and frills, caudal rings, and tail clubs and restricted to South America (Eocene) and Australasia (Oligocene to Holocene).

Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle. Arthur Smith Woodward classified it as being in the genus Meiolania, but this was not accepted by later authors. The genus is known from the Sarmiento Formation in Argentina.

Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle with a long and complex history. Like its relatives, Niolamia was a robust and heavily armored terrestrial turtle with large, horn like scales covering its head and a tail encased by rings of bone.