Cabindachelys
Extinct genus of turtles
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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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Cabindachelys Myers et al., 2017[1] |
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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]
