Cuvieronius sp., Gomphothere tooth
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Description:
Two casts of the lower (left) third molar associated with gomphothere (Cuvieronius sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; NW Co. Rd. 230
- Site Number: NH40Ci
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Gomphotheriidae
- Genus: Cuvieronius
- Formation: Ten Mile Hill Beds
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Proboscideans
- Object Id: PV4885
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