| Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-LateEocene | |
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| Shell ofArgillochelys subcristata and skull ofGlossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
Argillochelys is an extinct genus ofsea turtle from the middle to lowerEocene in what is now the island ofGreat Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
A species,A. africana, was found inMorocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
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