Xiphiorhynchus sp., Swordfish vertebrae
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Description:
Three vertebrae associated with swordfish (Xiphiorhynchus sp.) remains.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Crowfield Plantation
- Site Number: NH30C
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Istiophoriformes
- Family: Xiphiidae
- Genus: Xiphiorhynchus
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Ray-Finned Fish
- Object Id: PV5758
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