Ashleychelys palmeri, Turtle shell
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Description:
The left anterior portion of a carapace, one complete neural, fragments of four neurals (one joined to an intact specimen), three costal fragments and two fragments of plastron associated with sea turtle (Ashleychelys palmeri) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; NW Co. Rd. 230
- Site Number: NH40Ci
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Ashleychelys
- Species: Ashleychelys palmeri
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV2181
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