Kurobechelys 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

Parent taxon: Syllominae according to R. E. Weems 1988

See also Lynch and Parham 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Shikama 1956

Sister taxon: Bryochelys

Subtaxa: Kurobechelys tricarinata

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Aimoto (Miocene of Japan)

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