Procolpochelys sp., Turtle shell
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Description:
A partial carapace associated with sea turtle (Procolpochelys sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co; Chandler Bridge Pump
- Site Number: NH40Ce
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Procolpochelys
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV4814
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