A new species of the genus Manouria (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-217

  Takahashi, Akio ^a   Otsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirayama, Ren ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fossil tortoise; Manouria oyamai sp. nov.; Phylogeny; Pleistocene; Ryukyu Islands; Testudines; Testudinidae

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; VERTEBRATE;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EMYS; MANOURIA; MANOURIA EMYS; MANOURIA IMPRESSA; MANOURIA OYAMAI; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344287547     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/prpsj.7.195     Document Type: Article

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