Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Alternative combination: Nicoria headonensis
Full reference: R. W. Hooley. 1905. On a new tortoise from the Lower Headon Beds of Hordwell, Nicoria headonensis sp. nov. Geological Magazine (Decade V) 2(2):66-68
Belongs to Geoemyda according to M. Mlynarski 1959
See also Hooley 1905
Sister taxa: Geoemyda (Geoliemys), Geoemyda amamiensis, Geoemyda eureia, Geoemyda japonica, Geoemyda malustensis, Geoemyda mossoczyi, Geoemyda pidoplickai, Geoemyda ptychogastroides, Geoemyda saxonica, Geoemyda spengleri, Geoemyda striata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hordle Cliff Mammal Beds, which is in a MP 17A/MP 17B terrestrial horizon in the Headon Hill Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Hordle Cliff Mammal Beds
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