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Cabindachelys 
Summary
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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Scientific classification 
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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] |
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Fossils edit
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 edit
Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.[3][1][4]
Etymology edit
The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.[2]
Phylogeny edit
References edit
- ^ 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