Cabindachelys

Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.[1]

Cabindachelys
Temporal range: Late Paleocene
61.7–58.7 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pancheloniidae
Genus: †Cabindachelys
Myers et al., 2017[1]
Species
  • †C. landanensis
    Myers et al., 2017

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.[2]

Habitat

Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.[3][1][4]

Etymology

The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.[2]

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


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