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FS268 Capybara Molar

3.8 cm. Long x 2.2 cm. Wide x 1.2 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Caviidae, Hydrochaeris, holmesi

Description: An upper molar from Hydrochaeris holmesi, a Pleistocene capybara, found in Florida at a dredge site.

Age: Pleistocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida,

Found by: beachfossils

Custodian: beachfossils

Identified by: hemipristis

References: The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida, p. 237.