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Cabindachelys; Temporal range: Late Paleocene; 61.7–58.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Clade:	Pancheloniidae
Genus:	†Cabindachelys; Myers et al., 2017
Species
	†C. landanensis ; Myers et al., 2017;

Cabindachelys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Cabindachelys landanensis.^[1]

Fossils

Cabindachelys lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.^[3]^[1]^[4]

The name of Cabindachelys is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Myers, Timothy S., Michael J. Polcyn, Octávio Mateus, Diana P. Vineyard, A. O. Gonçalves & Louis L. Jacobs. 2017. A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola.
^ ^a ^b Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)
^ A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.
^ Paleobiology Database Collection #82060