Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.[1]
| Cabindachelys Temporal range: Late Paleocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Cabindachelys Myers et al., 2017[1] |
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Fossils
editA 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
editCabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.[3][1][4]
Etymology
editThe name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.[2]
Phylogeny
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b 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
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