Pelagornis sp., Jaw fragment
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Description:
This specimen and species of bird is yet to be determined. It is possibly a fragment of a maxilla or mandible with pseudotooth, associated with false-toothed bird remains.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Air Force Base
- Site Number: NH20J
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Odontopterygiformes
- Family: Pelagornithidae
- Genus: Pelagornis
- Formation: Ashley
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Marine Birds
- Object Id: PV4717
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