Cosmochelys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Dermochelyidae |
Subfamily: | Dermochelyinae |
Genus: | †Cosmochelys Andrews, C.W., 1920 |
Type species | |
Cosmochelys dolloi Andrews, C.W., 1920
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Cosmochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene of Africa.[1] It was first named by Andrews in 1920, and contains one species, C. dolloi, named after Louis Dollo.