†Kurobechelys Shikama 1956 (sea turtle)
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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
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Aimoto (Miocene of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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