| Cabindachelys Temporal range: Late Paleocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Cabindachelys Myers et al., 2017 |
| Species | |
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Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.
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.
Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.
The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| Genera |
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| †Allopleuron | ||||
| †Argillochelys | ||||
| Caretta | ||||
| †Carolinochelys | ||||
| Chelonia | ||||
| †Eochelone | ||||
| Eretmochelys | ||||
| †Gigantatypus | ||||
| †Glarichelys | ||||
| †Itilochelys | ||||
| Lepidochelys | ||||
| †Mexichelys | ||||
| †Miocaretta | ||||
| Natator | ||||
| †Pacifichelys | ||||
| †Syllomus | ||||
| †Tasbacka | ||||
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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