†Caretta patriciae Zug 2001 (loggerhead)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: G. R. Zug. 2001. Turtles of the Lee Creek Mine (Pliocene: North Carolina). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 90:203-218
Belongs to Caretta according to G. R. Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys bellunensis, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys libyca
Type specimen: USNM 186731
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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