Carolinochelys
Carolinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Oligocene of United States. It contains one species: C. wilsoni, and was first named by O.P. Hay in 1923.
| Carolinochelys Temporal range: Oligocene | |
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| Carolinachelys wilsoni skull and shell at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Carolinochelys Hay, 1923 |
| Species: | †C. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay, 1923 | |
References
- Life History: Geologic History of Sea Turtles
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- Carolinochelys at the Paleobiology Database
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| Genera |
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| †Allopleuron | ||||
| †Argillochelys | ||||
| Caretta | ||||
| †Carolinochelys | ||||
| Chelonia | ||||
| †Eochelone |
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| Eretmochelys | ||||
| †Gigantatypus | ||||
| †Glarichelys |
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| †Itilochelys | ||||
| Lepidochelys |
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| †Mexichelys | ||||
| †Miocaretta | ||||
| Natator | ||||
| †Pacifichelys |
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| †Syllomus |
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| †Tasbacka |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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