Carolinochelys wilsoni, Turtle shell
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Description:
A fragment of the first costal with part of the first peripheral and part of the nuchal associated with sea turtle (Carolinochelys wilsoni) remains. The specimen was found in the vicinity of PV2928.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Trailwood Trailer Pk
- Site Number: NH20O
- 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: PV2929
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