Psephophorus sp., Turtle scutes
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Description:
Four shell elements associated with sea turtle (Psephophorus sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co; Chandler Bridge South
- Site Number: NH40Ca
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Dermochelyidae
- Genus: Psephophorus
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV4884
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