Australian Museum Journal The osteology of the New Guinea turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, Ramsay)
- Shortform:
- Waite, 1905, Rec. Aust. Mus. 6(2): 110–118
- Author(s):
- Waite, Edgar R.
- Year published:
- 1905
- Title:
- The osteology of the New Guinea turtle (Carettochelys insculpta, Ramsay)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 110
- End page:
- 118
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.6.1905.994
- Language:
- English
- Plates:
- plates xxiv–xxvii
- Date published:
- 15 September 1905
- Cover date:
- 15 September 1905
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 06 August 2009
- Reference number:
- 994
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (83kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (2417kb PDF)
Abstract
Since first described by Dr. E. P. Ramsay in 1886, the New Guinea turtle, Carettochelys insculpta, has excited considerable interest and provoked much speculation as to its systematic position. Hitherto the species, which as far as ascertained i,; the sole living representative of the genus and family, was known only from the type and two imperfect skulls; the latter described by Dr. G. A. Boulenger as ornaments or charms attached to a dancing stick, from the Fly River,British New Guinea.