Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Full reference: A. Takahashi, T. Kato, and H. Ota. 2007. A new species of the genus Geoemyda (Chelonii: Geoemydidae) from the upper Pleistocene of Tokunoshima Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Current Herpetology 26(1):1-11
Belongs to Geoemyda according to A. Takahashi et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Geoemyda (Geoliemys), Geoemyda eureia, Geoemyda headonensis, Geoemyda japonica, Geoemyda malustensis, Geoemyda mossoczyi, Geoemyda pidoplickai, Geoemyda ptychogastroides, Geoemyda spengleri, Geoemyda striata
Type specimen: RUMF-GF-5011, a set of postcrania (anterior half of plastron). Its type locality is Kojima, which is in the Pleistocene of limestone the Itokina Formation Japan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Kojima
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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