Odocoileus virginianus, Deer antler
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Description:
The tip of an antler prong associated with white-tailed deer (Odocoileus cf. virginianus) remains. This fossil was collected from Runnymeade Plantation by Charles C. Pinckney, Jr. between 1869 and 1909.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Runnymeade Plant.
- Site Number: NH20D
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Family: Cervidae
- Genus: Odocoileus
- Species: Odocoileus virginianus
- Formation: Uncertain
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Artiodactyls
- Object Id: PV2552
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