Ninjemys oweni

Taxobox
name = "Ninjemys oweni"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Pleistocene


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
familia = Meiolaniidae
genus = "Ninjemys"
species = "N. oweni"
subdivision_ranks = Synonyms
subdivision =
*"Meiolania" oweni"

Ninjemys oweni ("Owen's Ninja Turtle") was a large meiolaniid turtle from Pleistocene Queensland. It resembled its larger relative, "Meiolania", save that the largest pair of horns on its head stuck out to the sides, rather than point backwards. It was originally thought to be a member of the genus "Meiolania", but, anatomical differences lead to its placement in a new genus, which was named in honor of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Like other meiolaniids, "N. oweni" is believed to have been an herbivore.

External links

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/Reptilia/Parareptilia/Cryptodira.htm Cryptodira] at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive