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Carolinochelys
Temporal range: Oligocene 33.9–23 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Carolinachelys wilsoni skull and shell at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: Carolinochelys
Hay, 1923
Species: C. wilsoni
Binomial name
Carolinochelys wilsoni
Hay, 1923

Carolinochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from Oligocene of United States. It contains one species: C. wilsoni, and was first named by O.P. Hay in 1923.

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Taxon identifiers
Carolinochelys
Cheloniidae family
Genera
Species of the Cheloniidae family
Allopleuron
Argillochelys
Caretta
Carolinochelys
Chelonia
Eochelone
Eretmochelys
Gigantatypus
Glarichelys
Itilochelys
Lepidochelys
Mexichelys
Miocaretta
Natator
Pacifichelys
Syllomus
Tasbacka
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
Testudines
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
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