†Angolachelys Mateus et al. 2009 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae
Full reference: O. Mateus, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, D. P. Vineyard, A. B. Neto, and M. T. Antunes. 2009. The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):581-588
Parent taxon: Sandownidae according to H. Tong and P. Meylan 2013
See also Mateus et al. 2009 and Mateus et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Brachyopsemys, Leyvachelys, Sandownia
Subtaxa: Angolachelys mbaxi
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Iembe, Tadi (Cretaceous of Angola)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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