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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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Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.[1]
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 shoresofCabinda, 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]
Cheloniidae family
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†Allopleuron |
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†Argillochelys |
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Caretta |
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†Carolinochelys |
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Chelonia |
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†Eochelone |
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Eretmochelys |
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†Gigantatypus |
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†Glarichelys |
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†Itilochelys |
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Lepidochelys |
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†Mexichelys |
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†Miocaretta |
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Natator |
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†Pacifichelys |
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†Syllomus |
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†Tasbacka |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |
Cabindachelys |
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