Reptile
Meiolania
Meiolania platyceps was a horned turtle with an armoured tail.
Meiolania platyceps was a horned turtle with an armoured tail. Its skull projections and tail rings gave it a form quite different from living tortoises.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Meiolania at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Pleistocene
- Group
- Meiolaniidae
- Horned turtles
Beyond the game
The real Meiolania
Meiolania platyceps was a horned turtle with an armoured tail. Its skull projections and tail rings gave it a form quite different from living tortoises.
The skull horns and rings of tail armor were parts of a turtle skeleton. Their combination gave Meiolania a body outline unlike that of living tortoises.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Australian Museum — Meiolania platyceps skull F.64471
- Anderson — Notes on the extinct chelonian Meiolania
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