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Angolachelys

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Angolachelys
Temporal range: Turonian
A. mbaxi skull, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Thalassochelydia
Family: Sandownidae
Genus: Angolachelys
Mateus et al., 2009
Species:
A. mbaxi
Binomial name
Angolachelys mbaxi
Mateus et al., 2009
Skull in multiple views

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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Life reconstruction of Angolasaurus alongside Angolachelys

Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009).[1]

 Eucryptodira

Portlandemys

Plesiochelys

 Angolachelonia

Solnhofia

GlenRose Turtle SMU

Angolachelys

Sandownia

Other Eucryptodires

References

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  1. ^ a b 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" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 54 (4): 581–588. doi:10.4202/app.2008.0063. S2CID 55919209.