Argillochelys
Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.
| Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene | |
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| Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Argillochelys Lydekker, 1889 |
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2002 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
References
- Tong, Haiyan; Ren Hirayama (November 2008). "A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 179 (6): 623–630. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.179.6.623.
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Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| †Allopleuron |
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| †Argillochelys |
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| Caretta | ||||
| †Carolinochelys |
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| Chelonia | ||||
| †Eochelone |
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| Eretmochelys | ||||
| †Gigantatypus |
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| †Glarichelys |
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| †Itilochelys |
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| Lepidochelys |
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| †Mexichelys |
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| †Miocaretta |
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| Natator | ||||
| †Pacifichelys |
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| †Syllomus |
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| †Tasbacka |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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