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Argillochelys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Family
  
Cheloniidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Sauropsida

Superfamily
  
Chelonioidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Turtle

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Similar
  
Glarichelys, Puppigerus, Gigantatypus

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.

References

Argillochelys Wikipedia