Agorophius pygmaeus, Whale tooth
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Description:
One lower right buccal tooth associated with whale (Agorophius pygmaeus) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Dorchester Rd #3
- Site Number: NH40Rc
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Agorophiidae
- Genus: Agorophius
- Species: Agorophius pygmaeus
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV5057
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