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Warkalania
| Warkalania Temporal range:
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| Live reconstruction of Warkalania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Meiolaniidae |
| Genus: | †Warkalania Gaffney, Archer & White, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| †Warkalania carinaminor Gaffney, Archer & White, 1992
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Warkalania is an extinct genus of Australian meiolaniid turtle from the Oligocene or early Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland. While other meiolaniids are known for their elaborate headcrests or long horns, Warkalania only possesses very short horns that form a somewhat continuous ridge across the back of the head. The only known species of this genus, Warkalania carinaminor, is the oldest named meiolaniid turtle of Australia.
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