Gaffneylania

Gaffneylania Temporal range: Casamayoran Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	†Meiolaniidae
Genus:	†Gaffneylania Sterli et al., 2015
Type species
Gaffneylania auricularis Sterli et al., 2015

Gaffneylania is an extinct genus of meiolaniid turtle from the Eocene of Patagonia.^[1] Gaffneylania is among the earliest known meiolaniids and, much like its later relatives, possessed characteristic horns atop its head. The shell appears to have had a serrated margin. Gaffneylania is a monotypic genus, only containing a single species, Gaffneylania auricularis.