†Cuora pitheca Yeh 1981 (Asian box turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Belongs to Cuora according to Yeh 1981
Sister taxa: Cuora amboinensis, Cuora aurocapitata, Cuora bourreti, Cuora flavomarginata, Cuora galbinifrons, Cuora mccordi, Cuora mouhotii, Cuora pani, Cuora picturata, Cuora trifasciata, Cuora tungia, Cuora yunnanensis, Cuora zhoui
Type specimen: IVPP V 6178. Its type locality is Lufeng, which is in a Tortonian fluvial-lacustrine lignite/mudstone in China.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lufeng
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