Ocadia nipponica, a new species of aquatic turtle (Testudines: Testudinoidea: Geoemydidae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Chiba Prefecture, central Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Hirayama, Ren ^a   Kaneko, Naotomo ^b   Okazaki, Hiroko ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiba Prefecture; Kiyokawa Formation; Ocadia nipponica sp. nov.; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Reptilia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COASTAL ZONE; FOSSIL; NEW SPECIES; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETON; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

GEOEMYDIDAE; OCADIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINOIDEA;

EID: 34250619650     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[1:ONANSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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