†Lembonax propylaeus Cope 1872 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Lembonax prophylaeus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. List of the Reptilia of the Eocene formation of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24(1):14-18
Belongs to Lembonax according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1872 and Hay 1902
Sister taxon: Lembonax polemicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Farmingdale, which is in a Bartonian marine sandstone in the Shark River Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Farmingdale
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