Prototherium sp., Dugong tooth

Description:

A cast of a fragment of the right maxilla with the second and third molars, associated with dugong (Prototherium sp.) remains. The specimen is a cast of a USNM specimen.

[Halitherium = nomen dubium]

• Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Wando Terminal Spoil
• Site Number: NH20G
• Era: Cenozoic
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Sirenia
• Family: Dugongidae
• Genus: Prototherium
• Formation: Undetermined

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
• Object Id: PV4890

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• Search Terms
  • Aquatic animals
  • Cast plaster
  • Mammals
  • Maxillae
  • Teeth