Argillochelys Temporal range: Middle-Late Eocene
Shell of Argillochelys subcristata and skull of Glossochelys, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 the island of Great Britain. It was first named by Lydekker in 1889.

A species, A. africana, was found in Morocco, and described in 2008 by Tong & Hirayama.^[1]

• Argillochelys at the Paleobiology Database
• www.ppne.co.uk

v t e Cheloniidae family
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Subclass: Anapsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Sea turtles Family: Cheloniidae
Genera	Species of the Cheloniidae family
†Allopleuron	†Allopleuron hofmanni
†Argillochelys	†Argillochelys africana
Caretta	Loggerhead sea turtle
†Carolinochelys	†Carolinochelys wilsoni
Chelonia	Green sea turtle
†Eochelone	†Eochelone brabantica †Eochelone voltregana
Eretmochelys	Hawksbill sea turtle
†Gigantatypus	†Gigantatypus salahi
†Glarichelys	†Glarichelys knorri
†Itilochelys	†Itilochelys rasstrigin
Lepidochelys	Kemp's ridley sea turtle Olive ridley sea turtle †Lepidochelys waikatoica
†Mexichelys	†Mexichelys coahuilaensis
†Miocaretta	†Miocaretta lankae
Natator	Flatback sea turtle
†Pacifichelys	†Pacifichelys hutchisoni †Pacifichelys urbinai
†Syllomus	†Syllomus aegyptiacus †Syllomus crispatus
†Tasbacka	†Tasbacka aldabergeni †Tasbacka danica †Tasbacka ouledabdounensis †Tasbacka ruhoffi †Tasbacka salisburgensis
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.