Biology:Carolinochelys
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Carolinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Oligocene of the eastern United States. It contains one species: C. wilsoni, and was first named by O.P. Hay in 1923. It is known from South Carolina, where it is known from the late Rupelian-aged Ashley Formation and the early Chattian-aged Chandler Bridge Formation, as well as from the late Rupelian-aged Old Church Formation of Virginia.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Weems, Robert E.; Sanders, Albert E. (2014). "Oligocene pancheloniid sea turtles from the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A." (in EN). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (1): 80–99. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.792826. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2013.792826.
- ↑ Weems, Robert E. (2014-05-27). "Paleogene chelonians from Maryland and Virginia" (in en). PaleoBios 31 (1). doi:10.5070/P9311022744. ISSN 0031-0298. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7253p3tf.
- Life History: Geologic History of Sea Turtles
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- Carolinochelys at the Paleobiology Database
Wikidata ☰ Q5045279 entry Template:Cheloniidae
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