Panthera leo atrox, Lion maxilla
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Description:
A cast of the right maxillary fragment including P4 that is associated with American lion (Panthera leo atrox) remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto Beach
- Site Number: NH39B
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Family: Felidae
- Genus: Panthera
- Species: Panthera leo
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Carnivores
- Object Id: PV5929
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