- Cosmochelys
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Cosmochelys
Temporal range: EoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Dermochelyidae Subfamily: Dermochelyinae Genus: †Cosmochelys Type species Cosmochelys dolloi
Andrews, C.W., 1920Cosmochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene of Africa.[1] It was first named by Andrews in 1920, and contains one species, C. dolloi.
Footnotes
- ^ Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
External links
- Cosmochelys at the Paleobiology Database
- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (subscription required to view) 2003-12. Retrieved on 2008-08-11
Categories:- Extinct turtles
- Eocene animals
- Dermochelyidae
- Fossil taxa described in 1920
- Prehistoric turtle stubs
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