Adocus sengokuensis Sonoda et al. 2015 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Full reference: T. Sonoda, R. Hirayama, Y. Okazaki and H. Ando. 2015. A new species of the genus Adocus (Adocidae, Testudines) from the Lower Cretaceous of Southwest Japan. Paleontological Research 19(1):26-32

Belongs to Adocus according to T. Sonoda et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus kokaku, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus planus, Adocus pravus, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Alamosemys substricta, Alamosemys annexa, Homorophus insuetus

Type specimen: KMNH VP 000,024

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Adocus sengokuensis type locality (Cretaceous of Japan)

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