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Cabindachelys
Discussion
The genus name has been registered in ZooBank under LSID. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:1960322C-D22F-4649-BD5B-42EA378D919E.
Named for the Angolan province of Cabinda and chelys, Greek for turtle.
Taxonomy
Cabindachelys was named by Myers et al. (2018). Its type is Cabindachelys landanensis.
It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Myers et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Cheloniidae by Myers et al. (2018).
Species
C. landanensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Cabindachelys Myers et al. |
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G. †Cabindachelys Myers et al. 2018
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†Cabindachelys landanensis Myers et al. 2018
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| T. S. Myers et al. 2018 | Diagnosed as a pan-cheloniid turtle based on the presence of a rod-like rostrum basisphenoidale
(Character (Ch.) 86), which is not found in protostegids, and a V-shaped crest on the ventral plate of the basisphenoid (Ch. 88), which is absent in both protostegids and dermochelyids. |