Cosmochelys

Cosmochelys; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Type specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Dermochelyidae
Subfamily:	Dermochelyinae
Genus:	†Cosmochelys; Andrews, C.W., 1920
Type species
	Cosmochelys dolloi; Andrews, C.W., 1920

Cosmochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene of Africa.^[1] It was first named by Andrews in 1919^[2], and contains one species, C. dolloi, named after Louis Dollo. It's type specimen, from near Ameke in Nigeria, and is registered in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, with number NHMUK PV R 4338.

References

^ Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
^ Andrews, C.W., 1919, December. A description of new species of zeuglodont and of leathery turtle from the Eocene of southern Nigeria. In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Vol. 89, No. 3‐4, pp. 309-319). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

External links

Cosmochelys at the Paleobiology Database
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (subscription required to view) 2003–12. Retrieved on 2008-08-11

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[1] Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

[2] Andrews, C.W., 1919, December. A description of new species of zeuglodont and of leathery turtle from the Eocene of southern Nigeria. In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Vol. 89, No. 3‐4, pp. 309-319). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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