Dugong sp., Dugong mandible
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Description:
A fragmentary mammal dentary, potentially belonging to a species of Pleistocene dugong. This specimen was collected from the west branch of the Cooper River, c. 1.1. m southeast of Strawberry Landing during the summer of 1976.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Cooper River
- Site Number: NH21N
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Dugongidae
- Genus: Dugong
- Formation: Wando
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV7684
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