Cuvieronius sp., Elephant tooth
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Description:
The lower (left) second molar, missing the anterior end, associated with juvenile gomphothere (Cuvieronius sp.) remains. The tooth was collected sometime between 1869 and 1909.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Runnymeade Plant.
- Site Number: NH20D
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Gomphotheriidae
- Genus: Cuvieronius
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Proboscideans
- Object Id: PV2611
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