Mylohyus fossilis, Peccary jaw
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Description:
A fragment of the mandibular symphysis associated with peccary (Mylohyus fossilis) remains contains the roots of the right lower first incisor, the right lower second incisor, the right canine, the left lower first incisor and the left canine.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Family: Tayassuidae
- Genus: Mylohyus
- Species: Mylohyus fossilis
- Formation: Undetermined offshore dep
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Artiodactyls
- Object Id: PV2414
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