Terrapene carolina putnami, Turtle shell

Description:

A shell fragment associated with extinct common box turtle (Terrapene carolina putnami) remains.

Range PV6191 through PV6250, miscellaneous shell fragments.

• Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
• Site Number: NH39B
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Quaternary
• Epoch: Pleistocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Reptilia
• Order: Testudines
• Family: Emydidae
• Genus: Terrapene
• Species: Terrapene carolina
• Formation: Undet. off-shore unit

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Turtles
• Object Id: PV6194

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• Search Terms
  • Reptiles
  • Turtle shells
  • Turtles