''Eosphargis'' is an extinct genus of
sea turtles from the
Eocene of
Africa,
Europe, and
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
. It was first named by
Richard Lydekker in 1889, and contains one species, ''E. gigas''. The species is also known as ''Anglocetus beatsoni''.
External links
''Eosphargis''at the
Paleobiology Database
animaldiversity.umnz.umich.edu
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
{{paleo-turtle-stub