The genus
Eosphargis was first described by British
paleontologist Richard Lydekker in 1889. It contains three known species: • †
E. insularis (
Cope, 1872) -
Late Paleocene of New Jersey, US (
Vincentown Formation) and Virginia, US (
Aquia Formation) In 1964, an alleged record of a
scapula from an early
archaeocete whale from the
London Clay was described as †
Anglocetus beatsoni Tarlo, 1964. This would have been one of the earliest known whales, and one of the only known from the Eocene of Europe. However, a later analysis found this bone to likely belong to an individual of
E. gigas. ==External links==