Xiphiorhynchus sp., Swordfish vertebra
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Description:
Four associated vertebrae associated with billfish (Xiphiorhynchus sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Sangaree Elementary
- Site Number: NH30O
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Istiophoriformes
- Family: Xiphiidae
- Genus: Xiphiorhynchus
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ray-Finned Fish
- Object Id: PV7001
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