†Thalassochelys phosphatica Stefano 1903 (loggerhead)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: G. Stefano. 1903. Nuovi rettili degli strati a fosfato della Tunisia. Bollettino della Societa Geologica Italiana 22:51-80
Belongs to Thalassochelys according to G. Stefano 1903
Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys libyca, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys (Halichelys)
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Metlaoui (Eocene of Tunisia)
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