Pterosphenus sp., Snake vertebra
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Description:
One partial vertebra associated with sea snake remains.
- Site: SC; Orangeburg Co.; Martin Marietta Quar
- Site Number: NH34A
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Family: Palaeophiidae
- Genus: Pterosphenus
- Formation: Tupelo Bay Cross Member
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Snakes and Lizards
- Object Id: PV8611
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