Graptemys sp., Turtle shell
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Description:
A partial carapace associated with turtle (Graptemys sp.) remains.This specimen was found in matrix lying on oyster bed near a dock.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; James Island
- Site Number: NH20Z
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Emydidae
- Genus: Graptemys
- Formation: Santee Limestone
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV4793
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