Cuvieronius sp., Elephant tusk
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Description:
A fragment of tusk associated with gomphothere (Cuvieronius sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Gomphotheriidae
- Genus: Cuvieronius
- Formation: Undetermined offshore dep
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Proboscideans
- Object Id: PV2454
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