Biology:Angolachelys
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
| Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Sandownidae |
| Genus: | †Angolachelys Mateus et al., 2009 |
| Species: | †A. mbaxi
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| †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
Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009).[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54 (4): 581–588. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app54/app20080063.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q4763764 entry
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