Gopherus sp., Tortoise scute

Description:

One marginal scute associated with gopher tortoise (Gopherus sp.) remains.

• Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
• Site Number: NH39B
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Quaternary
• Epoch: Pleistocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Reptilia
• Order: Testudines
• Family: Testudinidae
• Genus: Gopherus
• Formation: Undet. off-shore unit

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Turtles
• Object Id: PV6414

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• Search Terms
  • Reptiles
  • Tortoise shell
  • Tortoises