Cabindachelys
Temporal range: Late Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

 Panchelonioidea 

†Toxochelys

 †Protostegidae 

 Chelonioidea 

†Corsochelys

Dermochelyidae

†Nichollsemys

†Allopleuron

Cheloniidae

†Argillochelys

†Procolpochelys

†Eochelone

†Puppigerus

†Ctenochelys

†Peritresius

†Cabindachelys

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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