Cabindachelys Temporal range: Late Paleocene 61.7–58.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
Genus: | †Cabindachelys Myers et al., 2017 |
Species | |
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Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.
Fossils
A partial skull of the Cabindachelys has been found in Cabinda, Angola, by Timothy S. Myers, Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Diana P. Vineyard, A. O. Gonçalves, Louis L. Jacobs.
Habitat
Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.
Etymology
The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.
Phylogeny
Panchelonioidea |
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References
- ^ Myers, Timothy S., Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Diana P. Vineyard, A. O. Gonçalves & Louis L. Jacobs. 2017. A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola.
- ^ Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)
- A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.
- Paleobiology Database Collection #82060
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Allopleuron | ||||
†Argillochelys | ||||
Caretta | ||||
†Carolinochelys | ||||
Chelonia | ||||
†Eochelone | ||||
Eretmochelys | ||||
†Gigantatypus | ||||
†Glarichelys | ||||
†Itilochelys | ||||
Lepidochelys | ||||
†Mexichelys | ||||
†Miocaretta | ||||
Natator | ||||
†Pacifichelys | ||||
†Syllomus | ||||
†Tasbacka | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cabindachelys |
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