Angolachelys

Angolachelys is an extinct genus of African marine turtle which existed in Angola during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The type species is Angolachelys mbaxi.^[1] The type MGUAN-PA includes skull, jaw, and postcranial fragments found in the Tadi Beds of the Itombe Formation.

Angolachelys Temporal range: Turonian
A. mbaxi skull, National Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Thalassochelydia
Family:	†Sandownidae
Genus:	†Angolachelys Mateus et al., 2009
Species:	†A. mbaxi
Binomial name
†Angolachelys mbaxi Mateus et al., 2009

Skull in multiple views

Phylogeny

Life reconstruction of Angolasaurus alongside Angolachelys

Cladogram after Mateus et al. (2009).^[1]

Eucryptodira	Santanachelys Thalassemys Portlandemys Plesiochelys Angolachelonia Solnhofia GlenRose Turtle SMU Angolachelys Sandownia Other Eucryptodires