Mauremys yabei (Shikama, 1949)
Yabe's pond turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Clemmys yabei Shikama, 1949:169
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Honshu, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Shikama, T. (1949). The Kuzuü ossuaries: geological and palaeontological studies of the limestone fissure deposits in Kuzuü, Totigi Prefecture. Scientific Reports of Tohoku University, 2nd Series (Geology) 23: 1-201.
Other references:
Hirayama, R. and Isaji, S. (2010). Additional turtle fossils from the Kiyokawa Formation of the Shimosa Group (Middle Pleistocene) at Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Journal of the Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba 11(1): 29-35.
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.