| Eosphargis Temporal range: | |
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| Eosphargis breineri skull cast at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Eosphargis Lydekker, 1889 |
Eosphargis is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Eocene of Africa, Europe, and North America. It was first named by Richard Lydekker in 1889, and contains one species, E. gigas. The species is also known as Anglocetus beatsoni.
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Dermochelyidae family | ||||
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| †Arabemys | ||||
| †Corsochelys | ||||
| †Cosmochelys | ||||
| Dermochelys | ||||
| †Eosphargis | ||||
| †Mesodermochelys | ||||
| †Psephophorus |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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