Cabindachelys

Extinct genus of turtles

Cabindachelys
Temporal range: Late Paleocene
61.7–58.7 Ma
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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]
Species
  • C. landanensis
    Myers et al., 2017

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)
  3. ^ A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.
  4. ^ Paleobiology Database Collection #82060
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Genera
Species of the Cheloniidae family
AllopleuronArgillochelysCarettaCarolinochelysCheloniaEochelone
  • Eochelone brabantica
  • Eochelone voltregana
EretmochelysGigantatypusGlarichelys
  • Glarichelys knorri
ItilochelysLepidochelysMexichelysMiocarettaNatatorPacifichelys
Syllomus
Tasbacka
  • 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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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Cabindachelys


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