Trichechus sp., Manatee vertebra
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Description:
One thoracic vertebra associated with manatee (Trichechus sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Trichechidae
- Genus: Trichechus
- Formation: Undetermined
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV5569
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