Argillochelys
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| Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene
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| Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now the island of Great Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
References
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External links
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Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| Genera |
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| †Allopleuron | ||||
| †Argillochelys | ||||
| Caretta | ||||
| †Carolinochelys | ||||
| Chelonia | ||||
| †Eochelone | ||||
| Eretmochelys | ||||
| †Gigantatypus | ||||
| †Glarichelys | ||||
| †Itilochelys | ||||
| Lepidochelys | ||||
| †Mexichelys | ||||
| †Miocaretta | ||||
| Natator | ||||
| †Pacifichelys | ||||
| †Syllomus | ||||
| †Tasbacka | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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