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A new species of the genus Ocadia (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the middle Miocene of Tanegashima Island, southwestern Japan and its paleogeographic implications

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Takahashi, Akio, Ōki, Kimihiko, Ishido, Takahiro, Hirayama, Ren (2013): A new species of the genus Ocadia (Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the middle Miocene of Tanegashima Island, southwestern Japan and its paleogeographic implications. Zootaxa 3647 (4): 527-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.4.3

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