{{short description|Extinct genus of turtles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Paleocene<br>{{fossil range|61.7|58.7}} | taxon = Cabindachelys | authority = Myers ''et al.'', 2017<ref name="A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola."> 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.''</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * †''C. landanensis ''<br>{{small|Myers ''et al.'', 2017}} }}
'''''Cabindachelys''''' is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is '''''Cabindachelys landanensis'''''.<ref name="A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola." />
== 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.<ref name="Fossilworks">[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=363169 Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018 (Behrensmeyer, A. K., and Turner, A.)]</ref>
== Habitat == ''Cabindachelys'' lived in deep subtidal indents of the shores of Cabinda, Angola.<ref>A. K. Miller. 1935. The "Paleocene" nautiloid cephalopods of Landana, Portuguese West Africa.</ref><ref name="A new durophagous stem cheloniid turtle from the lower Paleocene of Cabinda, Angola." /><ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=82060 Paleobiology Database Collection #82060]</ref>
== Etymology == The name of ''Cabindachelys'' is a mixture of Cabinda the place where it lived and the Greek name for turtle.<ref name="Fossilworks" />
== Phylogeny == {{Clade|style=font-size:85%;line-height:85% |label1=Panchelonioidea |1={{Clade |1=†''Toxochelys'' |2={{Clade |1=†Protostegidae |label2=Chelonioidea |2={{Clade |1=†''Corsochelys'' |2=Dermochelyidae |3={{Clade |1=†''Nichollsemys'' |2={{Clade |1=†''Allopleuron'' |2={{Clade |1=Cheloniidae |2={{Clade |1=†''Argillochelys'' |2=†''Procolpochelys'' |3={{Clade |1=†''Eochelone'' |2=†''Puppigerus'' }} |4={{Clade |1=†''Ctenochelys'' |2=†''Peritresius'' |3=†'''''Cabindachelys''''' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}
== References == {{Reflist}}
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Category:Chelonioidea Category:Prehistoric turtle genera Category:Paleocene turtles Category:Fossil taxa described in 2017
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