Carolinochelys wilsoni, Turtle shell
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Description:
Various shoulder elements and shell parts associated with sea turtle (Carolinochelys wilsoni) remains.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Air Force Base#3
- Site Number: NH20Jb
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Carolinochelys
- Species: Carolinochelys wilsoni
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV4367
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