Cabindachelys | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
Genus: | †Cabindachelys Myerset al.,2017[1] |
Species | |
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Cabindachelys is a genus of extinctsea turtles. The only known species isCabindachelys landanensis.[1]
A partial skull of theCabindachelys has been found inCabinda,Angola, byTimothy S. Myers,Michael J. Polcyn,Octávio Mateus,Diana P. Vineyard,A. O. Gonçalves,Louis L. Jacobs.[2]
Cabindachelys lived indeep subtidal indents of theshores ofCabinda,Angola.[3][1][4]
The name ofCabindachelys is a mixture ofCabinda the place where it lived and theGreek name forturtle.[2]
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