Odobenus rosmarus, Walrus tusk
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Description:
The distal end of one tusk associated with walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) remains collected from a Wando River dredge.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Wando River Dredge
- Site Number: NH21F
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Family: Odobenidae
- Genus: Odobenus
- Species: Odobenus rosmarus
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Carnivores
- Object Id: PV5751
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