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 |
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.
A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2002 by Tong & Hirayama.[1]
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Allopleuron | ||||
†Argillochelys | ||||
Caretta | ||||
†Carolinochelys | ||||
Chelonia | ||||
†Eochelone |
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Eretmochelys | ||||
†Gigantatypus | ||||
†Glarichelys |
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†Itilochelys | ||||
Lepidochelys |
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†Mexichelys | ||||
†Miocaretta | ||||
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. |