†Thalassochelys testei Bergounioux 1956 (loggerhead)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Caretta testei
Belongs to Thalassochelys according to Bergounioux 1956
Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys libyca, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys (Halichelys)
Type specimen: Its type locality is Metlaoui, which is in a Ypresian coastal phosphorite in the Gafsa Phosphates Formation of Tunisia
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Metlaoui
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