Taphrosphys sulcatus, Turtle shell
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Description:
One proximal left costal associated with turtle (Taphrosphys sulcatus) remains.
Fig. 1 in Hutchison, J. H. and R. E. Weems 1999, in Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation in South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Santee Rediversion
- Site Number: NH30F
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Paleocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Testudines
- Family: Bothremydidae
- Genus: Taphrosphys
- Species: Taphrosphys sulcatus
- Formation: Williamsburg
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Turtles
- Object Id: PV3872
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