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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