†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 (Part II.). Geological Magazine 8(10):436-444
Belongs to Thalassochelys according to C. W. Andrews 1906
Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys)
Type specimen: CGM 10029, a skull
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Beadnell Section (Eocene of Egypt)
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