Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Etymology. Named after Japanese name of amber as this fossil was associated with numerous ambers.

Full reference: R. Hirayama, T. Sonoda, H. Uno, K. Horie, Y. Tsutsumi, S. Mitsuzuka, and T. Takisawa. 2021. Adocus Kohaku, A New Species of Aquatic Turtle (Testudines: Cryptodira: Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Kuji, Iwate Prefecture, Northeast Japan, with Special References to the Geological Age of the Tamagawa Formation (Kuji Group). International Journal of Paleobiology & Paleontology 4(1):1-12

Belongs to Adocus according to R. Hirayama et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus planus, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Alamosemys substricta, Alamosemys annexa, Homorophus insuetus

Type specimen: KAM 01, a partial shell. Its type locality is eastern side of Kuji Amber Museum, which is in a Turonian fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Tamagawa Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at eastern side of Kuji Amber Museum

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.