Warkalania is an extinct genus of Australian meiolaniid turtle from the Oligocene or early Miocene of Riversleigh, Queensland.

These remains were described by Eugene S. Gaffney, Michael Archer and Arthur White as a new genus of meiolaniid turtle they named Warkalania carinaminor.

The holotype is specimen QMF 22649, a right squamosal bone including the tympanic cavity and various scales of that area, and was discovered at the Pancake Site in Queensland.

[1][2] The genus name Warkalania combines the word "Warka" meaning "turtle", which Gaffney and colleagues attribute to a no closer specified Australian Aboriginal language of the Queensland region, and "lania".

[3][4] The species name of W. carinaminor on the other hand simply translates to "small ridge", a reference to the fact that this genus didn't possess the large horns of other meiolaniids.

Both share some flattening with Warkalania, though to a lesser degree, but in these two taxa the horn appears much more like a spine that extends far beyond the rest of the head.

[1][5] Overall this gives the skull of Warkalania a less ornate appearance compared to the elaborate crests in Neiolamia and Ninjemys or the distinctive bull-like horns of Meiolania.

[1] This was later corroborated by additional studies[5][2] including the phylogenetic tree recovered by Sterli et al. in their description of Gaffneylania.

Both results are shown below, with the more recent tree showing the varying positions that Gaffneylania was found in due to its incomplete nature.