†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 (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys libyca
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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