Associated Cenozoic sea turtle carapace from Summerville, SC lag deposit

[fossil_lover_2277]

So I just finished piecing together the remains of a partial sea turtle carapace that I dug out of a lag deposit just outside the town of Summerville in South Carolina. Anyone potentially know any taxonomic information on it, such as what genus or species it might be from? Conversion from inches to cm: 10 inches = 25cm; 5 inches = 12.5cm; 1 inch = 2.5cm

     

 

 

   

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

[Brett Breakin' Rocks]

I'd hit up Bobby @Boesse for any potential leads. He has a few turtles kicking around at the Mace Brown and they have a student published paper that came out last year ?

 

Cheers,

Brett

 

 

[Plantguy]

Mighty mighty cool! Wondering if it might be Syllomus....Yep, wait for Bobby's review. 

Regards, Chris 

[fossil_lover_2277]

Awesome yes thanks!!! I’ll definitely wait to see what @Boesse says for his expert opinion

[caterpillar]

Pleural plates and xiphiplastron

[Boesse]

This is almost certainly our Oligocene sea turtle Carolinachelys wilsoni. Nice find! I would make sure that there's not more left in the ground.

[fossil_lover_2277]

1 hour ago, Boesse said:

This is almost certainly our Oligocene sea turtle Carolinachelys wilsoni. Nice find! I would make sure that there's not more left in the ground.

Yes thank you!!!! That’s so awesome to find out! When I head back down that way, I’ll go back to the spot and check to be sure. Unfortunately the remains are like trying to dig out wet tissue paper until you get them dried out. Why everything is in pieces

[fossil_lover_2277]

Here’s an image of a Carolinachelys wilsoni shell and skull from the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History