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 | |
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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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]
Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.[3][1][4]
The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.[2]