Syllomus sp., Turtle skeleton
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Description:
Several fragments of a shell and skull associated with sea turtle (Syllomus sp.) remains collected from Sawmill Branch canal, 0.2 mi. west of Newington Rd., Summerville, SC.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Sawmill Branch #2
- Site Number: NH40Ia
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Cheloniidae
- Genus: Syllomus
- Formation: Ashley
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV5784
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