Cosmochelys dolloi Andrews 1920 (leatherback)

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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