Dermochelys coriacea, Turtle scute
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Description:
One scute associated with the remains of a leatherback turtle.
- Site: SC; Orangeburg Co.; Martin Marietta Quar
- Site Number: NH34A
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Dermochelyidae
- Genus: Dermochelys
- Species: Dermochelys coriacea
- Formation: Tupelo Bay, Cross formati
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV9094
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