Carolinochelys wilsoni, Turtle skeleton
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Description:
Miscellaneous skeletal elements (shell, tibia, humerus, rib and scapula) associated with sea turtle remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Dorchester Rd
- Site Number: NH40R
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Carolinochelys
- Species: Carolinochelys wilsoni
- Formation: Ashley Formation
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV8309
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