Gopherus sp., Tortoise shell
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Description:
A shell fragment associated with tortoise (Gopherus sp.) remains.
- Site: GA; Chatham Co.
- Site Number: NH89C
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Paleocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Testudinidae
- Genus: Gopherus
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV1538
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