Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay 1923 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1923. Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates. Pan-American Geologist 39:101-120

Belongs to Carolinochelys according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1923

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Charleston, Eocene unknown, which is in an Eocene marine marl in South Carolina

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Virginia collection)

• Eocene of United States (1: South Carolina)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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