Angolachelys
Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian
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Skull in multiple views | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
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 eucryptodiran 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.
Phylogeny[]
Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009).[1]
Eucryptodira |
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References[]
- ^ a b Octávio Mateus; Louis Jacobs; Michael Polcyn; Anne S. Schulp; Diana Vineyard; André Buta Neto; Miguel Telles Antunes (2009). "The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (4): 581–588. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063. S2CID 55919209.
Categories:
- Cryptodira
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Turonian life
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of Africa
- Fossils of Angola
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Prehistoric turtle stubs