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 | |
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