Cabindachelys
Extinct genus of turtles
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[1] |
Species | |
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Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.[1]
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
References
- ^ 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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Cheloniidae family
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Anapsida
- Order: Testudines
- Suborder: Cryptodira
- Superfamily: Sea turtles
- Family: Cheloniidae
Species of the Cheloniidae family |
- †Eochelone brabantica
- †Eochelone voltregana
- †Glarichelys knorri
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle
- Olive ridley sea turtle
- †Lepidochelys waikatoica
- †Pacifichelys hutchisoni
- †Pacifichelys urbinai
- †Syllomus aegyptiacus
- †Syllomus crispatus
- †Tasbacka aldabergeni
- †Tasbacka danica
- †Tasbacka ouledabdounensis
- †Tasbacka ruhoffi
- †Tasbacka salisburgensis
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
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