Argillochelys
Extinct genus of turtles
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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.
| Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene | |
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| Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
