Neochoerus pinckneyi, Capybara tooth
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Description:
The upper (right) second incisor associated with capybara (Neochoerus pinckneyi) remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Caviidae
- Genus: Neochoerus
- Species: Neochoerus pinckneyi
- Formation: Undetermined offshore dep
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Rodents
- Object Id: PV2440
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