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ANGOLACHELYS
(an-goe-lah-chel-iss)
meaning: "Angola turtle"
Angolachelys
Named By: Octavio Mateus, Luis Jacons, Michael Polcyn, Anne S. Schulp, Diana Vineyard, Andre Buta Neto & Miguel Telles Antunes in 2009
Time Period: Turonian
Location: Angola - Itombe Formation
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains. Skull of holotype is 179 millimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skull and partial post cranial remains (MGUAN-PA 002)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Eucryptodira |
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Angolachelys is an extinct genus of African eucryptodiran turtle which existed in Angola during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Angolachelys mbaxi

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