Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.
Fossils A partial skull of the Cabindachelys has been found in Cabinda, Angola, by Timothy S. Myers, Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Diana P. Vineyard, A. O. Gonçalves, Louis L. Jacobs.Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)
Habitat Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.Paleobiology Database Collection #82060
Etymology The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.
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