Argillochelys
{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Middle-Late Eocene
| image = Sheppey turtles.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
| taxon = Argillochelys
| authority = Lydekker, 1889
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}
Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now the island of Great Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.{{cite journal | title = A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco | journal = Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France | date = November 2008 | first = Haiyan | last = Tong |author2=Ren Hirayama | volume = 179 | issue = 6 | pages = 623–630 | doi = 10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623}}
References
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External links
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36328 Argillochelys] at the Paleobiology Database
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728102332/http://www.ppne.co.uk/index.php?m=show&id=27566 www.ppne.co.uk]
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{{Cheloniidae}}
Category:Eocene reptiles of Europe
Category:Eocene reptiles of Africa
Category:Prehistoric turtle genera
Category:Taxa named by Richard Lydekker
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1889
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