Ashleychelys palmeri Weems and Sanders 2014 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Full reference: R. E. Weems and A. E. Sanders. 2014. Oligocene Pancheloniid Sea Turtles from the Vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):80-99

Belongs to Ashleychelys according to R. E. Weems and A. E. Sanders 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ChM PV7002, a skeleton (a largely complete skeleton including the skull, lower jaw, much of the carapace and the plastron, girdle elements, humerus, and femur). Its type locality is Limehouse Branch, east bank, which is in a Rupelian offshore shelf marl in the Ashley Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (4: South Carolina, Virginia collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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