†Cosmochelys dolloi Andrews 1920 (leatherback)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1920. A description of new species of zeuglodont and of leathery turtle from the Eocene of Southern Nigeria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1919(18):309-319
Belongs to Cosmochelys according to C. W. Andrews 1920
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R4338, central region of a carapace. Its type locality is Port Harcourt RR, which is in a Bartonian deep-water horizon in the Ameki Formation of Nigeria.
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution: found only at Port Harcourt RR
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