Carolinochelys
Extinct genus of turtles
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Carolinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Oligocene of the eastern United States. It contains one species: C. wilsoni, and was first named by O.P. Hay in 1923. It is known from South Carolina, where it is known from the late Rupelian-aged Ashley Formation and the early Chattian-aged Chandler Bridge Formation, as well as from the late Rupelian-aged Old Church Formation of Virginia.[1][2]
| Carolinochelys Temporal range: Middle Oligocene, | |
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| Carolinachelys wilsoni skull and shell at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Carolinochelys Hay, 1923 |
| Species: | †C. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carolinochelys wilsoni Hay, 1923 | |
