†Ocadia nipponica Hirayama et al. 2007 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Full reference: R. Hirayama, N. Kaneko, and H. Okazaki. 2007. Ocadia nipponica, a new species of aquatic turtle (Testudines: Testudinoidea: Geoemydidae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Chiba Prefecture, central Japan. Paleontological Research 11(1):1-19
Belongs to Ocadia according to R. Hirayama et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Ocadia nicoleti, Ocadia perplexa, Ocadia sansaniensis, Ocadia tanegashimensis, Ocadia turgaica
Type specimen: CBM-PV 686, a skeleton. Its type locality is Yoshinoda, which is in a Pleistocene pond mudstone/siltstone in the Kiyokawa Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Yoshinoda
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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