Castor canadensis, Beaver jawbone
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Description:
One partial right mandible with four teeth associated with North American beaver (Castor canadensis) remains.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Leadenwah Creek
- Site Number: NH21L
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Castoridae
- Genus: Castor
- Species: Castor canadensis
- Formation: Wando
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Rodents
- Object Id: PV6999
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