†Thalassochelys libyca Andrews 1901 (loggerhead)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1901. Preliminary Note on some recently discovered extinct vertebrates from Egypt. Geological Magazine 8(4):436-444
Belongs to Thalassochelys according to C. W. Andrews 1906
Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys bellunensis
Type specimen: CGM 10029, a skull
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Beadnell Section (Eocene of Egypt)
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