Trichechus sp., Manatee rib
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Description:
One rib fragment associated with manatee remains.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Botany Bay Beach
- Site Number: NH39C
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Quaternary
- Epoch: Pleistocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Sirenia
- Family: Trichechidae
- Genus: Trichechus
- Formation: Undetermined offshore dep
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Dugongs and Manatees
- Object Id: PV 2321
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