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

Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=82060 Paleobiology Database Collection #82060]

Etymology

The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.

Phylogeny

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|label1=Panchelonioidea

|1={{Clade

|1=†Toxochelys

|2={{Clade

|1=†Protostegidae

|label2=Chelonioidea

|2={{Clade

|1=†Corsochelys

|2=Dermochelyidae

|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:Chelonioidea

Category:Prehistoric turtle genera

Category:Paleocene turtles

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017

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