Kurobechelys tricarinata Shikama 1956 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Full reference: T. Shikama. 1956. Miocene Chelonia of Japan. Sci. Rept. Yokohama Nation. Univ 2(5):35-62

Belongs to Kurobechelys according to R. Hirayama 2007

See also Lynch and Parham 2003 and Shikama 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Aimoto, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in the Nanpo Formation of Japan

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Aimoto

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