Angolachelys

Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian

Skull in multiple views
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
(unranked):	Angolachelonia
Genus:	Angolachelys Mateus et al., 2009
Species
A. mbaxi Mateus et al., 2009 (type)

Angolachelys is an extinct genus of African eucryptodiran 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

Restoration of Angolachelys behind Angolasaurus

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

Eucryptodira

	Santanachelys

	Thalassemys

Portlandemys

Plesiochelys

Angolachelonia

Solnhofia

GlenRose Turtle SMU

	Angolachelys

	Sandownia

Other Eucryptodires

References

1 2 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.

Extinct turtles
Triassic	Pappochelys Odontochelys Proganochelys
Jurassic	Achelonia Australochelys Basilochelys Caribemys Condorchelys Dinochelys Dorsetochelys Eileanchelys Eurysternum Hispaniachelys Kayentachelys Palaeomedusa Sinaspideretes Thalassemys Uluops
Cretaceous	Allopleuron Atlantochelys Angolachelys Anomalochelys Araripemys Archelon Arvinachelys Bouliachelys Caririemys Cearachelys Chelosphargis Chupacabrachelys Compsemys Corsochelys Cratochelone Ctenochelys Desmatochelys Desmatochelys padillai Emarginachelys Foxemys Gigantatypus Gilmoremys Glyptops Jiangxichelys Kallokibotion Kinkonychelys Kirgizemys Khunnuchelys Kurmademys Leyvachelys Liaochelys Lomalatachelys Notochelone Ocepechelon Pappigerus Paracryptodira Patagoniaemys Polysternon Pleurosternon Prochelidella Protostega Protostegidae Pneumatoarthrus Sankuchemys Santanachelys Sinemys Terlinguachelys Toxochelys Trionyx kansaiensis Yaminuechelys
Paleogene and Neogene	Acherontemys Allaeochelys Anosteira Arabemys Argillochelys Aurorachelys Baenidae Berruchelus Carbonemys Carolinochelys Cedrobaena Cerrejonemys Chelodina murrayi Chelydrops Chelydropsis Chisternon Cosmochelys Crossochelys Elseya uberrima Elseya nadibajagu Eochelone Eosphargis Euclastes Gamerabaena Glarichelys Hadrianus Hesperotestudo Hutchemys Itilochelys Kinosternon pojoaque Macrocephalochelys Manchurochelys Meiolania Meiolaniidae Megalochelys Mesodermochelys Mexichelys Miocaretta Niolamia Ninjemys Pacifichelys Palaeotrionyx Palatobaena Parahydraspis Peckemys Planiplastron Plesiobaena Procolpochelys Protochelydra Protosphargis Psephophorus Puppigerus Rheodytes devisi Stupendemys Stylemys Syllomus Warkalania
Recent	Cylindraspis species: Domed Mauritius giant tortoise Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise Réunion giant tortoise Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise Aldabrachelys abrupta Aldabrachelys grandidieri Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii Lonesome George

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