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Extinct genus of turtles

Cabindachelys
Temporal range: Late Paleocene
61.7–58.7 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pancheloniidae
Genus: Cabindachelys
Myers et al., 2017
Species
  • C. landanensis
    Myers et al., 2017

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

Toxochelys

Protostegidae

Chelonioidea

Corsochelys

Dermochelyidae

Nichollsemys

Allopleuron

Cheloniidae

Argillochelys

Procolpochelys

Eochelone

Puppigerus

Ctenochelys

Peritresius

Cabindachelys

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)
  3. A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.
  4. Paleobiology Database Collection #82060
Cheloniidae family
Genera
Species of the Cheloniidae family
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.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
Taxon identifiers
Cabindachelys


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