Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian
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A. mbaxi skull, National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
†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.