Angolachelys Mbaxi Cropped
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''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''. The type MGUAN-PA includes skull, jaw, and postcranial fragments found in the Tadi Beds of the
Itombe Formation The Itombe Formation is a geological formation of the Kwanza Basin in Angola dated to the Coniacian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The environment of deposition is shallow marine. Reptile fossils have been recovered from the Tadi beds locality wi ...
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Phylogeny

Cladogram after Mateus ''et al.'' (2009).


References

Cryptodira Prehistoric turtle genera Turonian life Late Cretaceous reptiles of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2009 {{paleo-turtle-stub