Kuzuu cave deposits (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Tochigi, Japan (36.4° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 139.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Hirayama, N. Kaneko, and H. Okazaki. 2007. Ocadia nipponica, a new species of aquatic turtle (Testudines: Testudinoidea: Geoemydidae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Chiba Prefecture, central Japan. Paleontological Research 11(1):1-19 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198612: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 28.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Clemmys yabei n. sp." = Mauremys yabei
"Clemmys yabei n. sp." = Mauremys yabei Shikama 1949 pond turtle