Metaxytherium sp., Dugong tooth
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Description:
One upper left M3 associated with dugong (Metaxytherium sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Irongate Subdivision
- Site Number: NH40Q
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Dugongidae
- Genus: Metaxytherium
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV3001
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