Angolachelys
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| Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian
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| File:Angolachelys NMNH.jpg | |
| A. mbaxi skull, National Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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.
Phylogeny
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Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009).[1]
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References
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