Diplotherium manigaulti, Dugong skull

Description:

The holotype specimen for Diplotherium manigaulti consisting of a portion of the maxilla and a tusk.

• Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Wando River Dredge
• Site Number: NH21F
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Quaternary
• Epoch: Miocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Sirenia
• Genus: Diplotherium
• Species: Diplotherium manigaulti
• Formation: undescribed offshore unit

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
• Object Id: PV2896

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