Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
The genus name has been registered in ZooBank under LSID. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1960322C-D22F-4649-BD5B-42EA378D919E.
Named for the Angolan province of Cabinda and chelys, Greek for turtle.
Full reference: T. S. Myers, M. J. Polcyn, O. Mateus, D. P. Vineyard, A. O. Goncalves and L. J. Jacobs. 2018. A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola. Papers in Palaeontology 4(2):161-176
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to T. S. Myers et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Cabindachelys landanensis
Type: Cabindachelys landanensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Angola (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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