Metaxytherium sp., Dugong skull element
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Description:
The roof of the braincase associated with dugong remains that was collected in 1890.
- Site: SC; Various Phosphate Beds
- Site Number: NH18A
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Dugongidae
- Genus: Metaxytherium
- Formation: Goose Creek Limestone
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV546
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