dugong toothI finally got an ID on this one. Turns out it isn't peccary, or even gomp, but a left upper m3 of a dugongid, probably Metaxytherium crataegense, the common Calvert Fm. sirenian. The odd thing is that at most we have only found one small rib fragment of dugong at the site, while I know at other sites even where rib fragments are not uncommon, teeth are pretty rare. I should also humbly mention that this is probably the first dugong tooth known from NJ.
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Age
| Miocene Epoch |
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Category
| Marine Mammal |
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Formation
| Kirkwood Formation |
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Location
| Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA |
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Species
| Metaxytherium sp. |
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Length
| 1 1/2 inches |
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Width
| 7/8 inches |
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Thickness
| 3/4 inches |
| ID | 2455 |
| Member | toothpuller |
| Date Added | 11/14/2007 |
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