Tapirus veroensis, Tapir jawbone
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Description:
The left mandibular ramus with roots of the first premolar, the crown of the lower second and third molars, the roots of the lower first molar and the crown of the lower second molar, all associated with tapir (Tapirus haysii) remains.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Cooper River
- Site Number: NH30K
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Perissodactyla
- Family: Tapiridae
- Genus: Tapirus
- Species: Tapirus haysii
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Perissodactyls
- Object Id: PV2033
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