Xiphias sp., Swordfish vertebra
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Description:
One vertebra associated with swordfish remains that was found on the Dorchester - Colleton Co. line in or near the Edisto River.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto River #2
- Site Number: NH39Aa
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Miocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Perciformes
- Family: Xiphiidae
- Genus: Xiphias
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ray-Finned Fish
- Object Id: PV6
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