†Gigantatypus salahi Kaddumi 2006 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: H. F. Kaddumi. 2006. A new genus and species of gigantic marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae) from the Maastrichtian of the Harrana Fauna-Jordan. PalArch Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):1-14
Belongs to Gigantatypus according to H. F. Kaddumi 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ERMNH 1076, a limb element (right humerus). Its type locality is Wadi Al Dab'i, which is in a Maastrichtian offshore marl in the Muwaddar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi Al Dab'i
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