TBD, Billfish rostrum element
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Description:
The fragment of a rostrum associated with the remains of an undetermined billfish. This specimen was collected from a mining quarry.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.;Giant Portland Cement
- Site Number: NH40L
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Perciformes
- Family: Xiphiidae
- Formation: Santee Limestone
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ray-Finned Fish
- Object Id: PV1307
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