TBD, Dugong rib
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Description:
Four rib fragments associated with the remains of an indeterminate sirenian. These rib fragments were collected from a mining quarry. The largest portion is shown in the sample image.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.;Giant Portland Cement
- Site Number: NH40L
- Dimensions: L-15 Dia-3.9 cm
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Dugongidae
- Formation: Santee Limestone
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV1306
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