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Mauremys oshiroi Takahashi, Otsuka & Ota, 2015

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Miyakojima Island, Ryukyus Archipelago, Japan

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Takahashi, Akio, Hiroyuki Otsuka and Hidetoshi Ota (2015). A new species of the genus Mauremys (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Miyakojima Island, Ryukyus Archipelago, Japan. Current Herpetology 34(2): 149-163. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Takahashi, Akio, Kato, Takafumi and Ota, Hidetoshi. (2008). Systematic Review of Late Pleistocene Turtles (Reptilia: Chelonii) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with Special Reference to Paleogeographical Implications. Pacific Science 62(3): 395-402.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19229/mauremys-sp-nov-miyakojima-island

 

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