ChM PV4113 - Mingotherium holtae
One tooth, the right M1 or M2, associated with a land mammal, Mingotherium holtae. Collected in 1982 from Berkeley county, South Carolina, this tooth is the holotype specimen for the M. holtae species. The tooth was collected among other specimens exposed during the Santee Rediversion Project and named for its collector, Doris Holt.
Related Reading: R. M. Schoch. 1985. Preliminary description of a new late Paleocene land-mammal fauna from South Carolina, U.S.A. Postilla 196:1-13
Figure 3 Sanders, A.E., 1998, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 88, pt. 4: Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of South Carolina, U.S.A.; page 235-237
This model was collected by curator Matt Gibson as part of The Charleston Museum’s photogrammetry initiative.
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