Angolachelys Temporal range:
Turonian
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Skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | † Thalassochelydia |
Family: | † Sandownidae |
Genus: | †
Angolachelys Mateus et al., 2009 |
Species: | †A. mbaxi
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Binomial name | |
†Angolachelys mbaxi Mateus et al., 2009
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Angolachelys is an extinct genus of African marine turtle which existed in Angola during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Angolachelys mbaxi. [1] The type MGUAN-PA includes skull, jaw, and postcranial fragments found in the Tadi Beds of the Itombe Formation.
Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009). [1]
Eucryptodira |
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