Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Alternative combinations: Allopleuron insularis, Lembonax insularis
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 Eosphargis according to R. E. Weems 2014
See also Cope 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Karl et al. 2012 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Eosphargis breineri, Eosphargis gigas
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vincentown, which is in a Thanetian coastal horizon in the Vincentown Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: New Jersey, Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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