Eosphargis
| Eosphargis Temporal range:
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| Eosphargis breineri skull cast at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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| †Arabemys |
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| †Bouliachelys |
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| †Corsochelys |
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| †Cosmochelys |
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| Dermochelys | Leatherback sea turtle | |||
| †Eosphargis |
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| †Mesodermochelys |
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| †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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Categories:
- Eocene turtles
- Eocene reptiles of North America
- Paleogene reptiles of Africa
- Eocene reptiles of Europe
- Dermochelyidae
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Taxa named by Richard Lydekker
- Fossil taxa described in 1889
- Monotypic prehistoric reptile genera
- Fossils of Denmark
- Fur Formation
- Prehistoric turtle stubs