Cabindachelys
{{short description|Extinct genus of turtles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Late Paleocene
{{fossil range|61.7|58.7}}
| taxon = Cabindachelys
| authority = Myers et al., 2017 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.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = * †C. landanensis
{{small|Myers et al., 2017}}
}}
Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.
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.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=363169 Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)]
Habitat
Etymology
Phylogeny
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|label1=Panchelonioidea
|1={{Clade
|1=†Toxochelys
|2={{Clade
|1=†Protostegidae
|label2=Chelonioidea
|2={{Clade
|1=†Corsochelys
|3={{Clade
|1=†Nichollsemys
|2={{Clade
|1=†Allopleuron
|2={{Clade
|1=Cheloniidae
|2={{Clade
|1=†Argillochelys
|2=†Procolpochelys
|3={{Clade
|1=†Eochelone
|2=†Puppigerus }}
|4={{Clade
|1=†Ctenochelys
|2=†Peritresius
|3=†Cabindachelys
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References
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Category:Prehistoric turtle genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017
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