Carolinochelys
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay, 1923 |
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 |
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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 |
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†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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