Metaxytherium albifontanum, Tooth
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Description:
The lower third molar associated with dugong (Metaxytherium albifontanum) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Co. Rd. 230
- Site Number: NH40Cg
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Dugongidae
- Genus: Metaxytherium
- Species: Metaxytherium albifontanum
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV2863
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