Mammuthus sp., Mammoth tusk
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Description:
One tusk fragment associated with mammoth (or mastodon) remains that was collected in the vicinity of the Ashley River in SC.
- Site: SC; South Carolina
- Site Number: NH18
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Proboscidea
- Family: Elephantidae
- Genus: Mammuthus
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Proboscideans
- Object Id: PV7838
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