Eochelone
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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.
Sea turtle
Sea turtles are marine reptiles that inhabit all of the world's oceans except the Arctic.-Distribution:...
from the late Eocene
Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
. It was first named by Dollo in 1903. Its type species is E. brabantica.