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.
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