Ashleychelys

Name: Ashleychelys.
Phonetic: Ash-le-kel-iss.
Named By: R.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Weems‭ & ‬A.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Sanders‭ ‬-‭ ‬2014.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ Testudines.
Species: A.‭ ‬palmeri‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬South Carolina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ashley Formation,‭ ‬Chandler Bridge Formation.‭ ‬Virginia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Old Church Formation.
Time period: Oligocene.
Fossil representation: ‭P‬artial remains of several individuals.

       Ashleychelys is a genus of sea turtle that lived during the Miocene.

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



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