Syllomus aegyptiacus, Turtle shell
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Description:
Two costal fragments associated with sea turtle (Syllomus aegyptiacus) remains.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Trailwood Trailer Pk
- Site Number: NH20O
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Miocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Syllomus
- Species: Syllomus aegyptiacus
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV2930
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