Lembonax propylaeus Cope 1872 (sea turtle)

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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