''Carolinochelys'' is an extinct genus of

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Oligocene The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch (geology), epoch of the Paleogene Geologic time scale, Period that extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that defin ...

of United States. It contains one species: ''C. wilsoni'', and was first named by O.P. Hay in 1923.

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Life History: Geologic History of Sea Turtleszipcodezoo.comCarolinochelys
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