Eochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the late Eocene. It was first named by Dollo in 1903. Its type species is E. brabantica.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Eochelone Dollo, 1903 |
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| †Eochelone brabantica | |
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References
edit- Professor Paul's Guide to Reptiles
- Eochelone in the Paleobiology Database
- Eigil Nielsen (1959). "Eocene turtles from Denmark" (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark. 14 (2): 96–114.
- France de Lapparent de Broin; Xabier Murelaga; Adán Pérez-García; Francesc Farrés; Jacint Altimiras (2018). "The turtles from the upper Eocene, Osona County (Ebro Basin, Catalonia, Spain): new material and its faunistic and environmental context". Fossil Record. 21 (2): 237–284. doi:10.5194/fr-21-237-2018.
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