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Turtle River

US / GA
31.19194, -81.54000View on MapOpen in Google Maps
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Turtle River is a fossil collection site in Glynn, Georgia, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. The depositional environment is recorded as coastal indet. Documented finds include Ontocetus emmonsi, Plesippus simplicidens, Equus, Megatherium, Megatherium americanum, Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii.

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Geologic setting

Geologic interval
Pleistocene
Age
2.58–0.0117 Ma
Depositional environment
coastal indet.
Recorded occurrences
15
Locality notes

at Brunswick

Fossils found here

Ontocetus emmonsi
Mammalia · Odobenidae
Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia · Equidae
Equus
Mammalia · Equidae
Megatherium
Mammalia · Megatheriidae
Megatherium americanum
Mammalia · Megatheriidae
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia · Tapiridae
Cervus
Mammalia · Cervidae
Bos bison
Mammalia · Bovidae
Mammut floridanum
Mammalia · Mammutidae
Mammut americanum
Mammalia · Mammutidae
Castoroides ohioensis
Mammalia · Castoridae
Crocodylus
Reptilia · Crocodylidae
Carcharodon
Chondrichthyes · Lamnidae
Lamna
Chondrichthyes · Lamnidae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 77596 (CC BY 4.0)view the source record

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Coordinates: 31.19194, -81.54000

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