Carolinochelys
| Carolinochelys Temporal range: Oligocene
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| Carolinachelys wilsoni skull and shell at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Carolinochelys Hay, 1923 |
| Species: | †C. wilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay, 1923
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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.
References[]
- Life History: Geologic History of Sea Turtles
- zipcodezoo.com
- Carolinochelys at the Paleobiology Database
Cheloniidae family | ||||
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| Genera |
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| †Allopleuron |
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| †Argillochelys |
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| Caretta |
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| †Carolinochelys |
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| Chelonia |
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| †Eochelone |
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| Eretmochelys |
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| †Gigantatypus |
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| †Glarichelys |
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| †Itilochelys |
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| Lepidochelys |
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| †Mexichelys |
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| †Miocaretta |
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| 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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Categories:
- Cheloniidae
- Oligocene turtles
- Fossil taxa described in 1923
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Extinct turtles
- Monotypic prehistoric reptile genera
- Prehistoric turtle stubs