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Argillochelys

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Argillochelys
Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene
Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pancheloniidae
Genus: Argillochelys
Lydekker, 1889

Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now the island of Great Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.

A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Tong, Haiyan; Ren Hirayama (November 2008). "A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 179 (6): 623–630. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623.
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