Cosmochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene of Africa.Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology It was first named by Andrews in 1919,Andrews, C.W., 1919, December. A description of new species of zeuglodont and of leathery turtle from the Eocene of southern Nigeria. In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Vol. 89, No. 3‐4, pp. 309-319). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. and contains one species, C. dolloi, named after Louis Dollo. Its type specimen, from near Ameke in Nigeria, is registered in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, with number NHMUK PV R 4338.
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External links Cosmochelys at the Paleobiology Database Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (subscription required to view) 2003–12. Retrieved on 2008-08-11