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FS321 Dugong Rib Fragment

15.2 cm. Long x 5.2 cm. Wide x 3.7 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Sirenia, Dugongidae, Metaxytherium, floridanum

Description: Rib fragment from extinct Miocene dugong.

Age: Miocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Cargill Phosphate Mine, near Bartow, FL

Found by: Andy DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

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