POST-PLEIOCENE FOSSILS. 



SOUTH-CAROLINA. 



PLATE XXVII. 



Fig. 1. Fragment of a spine of a Sting-ray, PASTINACA, restored from a recent specimen. The fossil 

 from Simmons', Yonges Island. Page 119. 

 " 2. Vertebrae of the same. 

 Figs. 3, 4. Fragments of the upper jaw of a Sword fish, XIPHIAS ROBUSTUS. Page 119. 

 Fig. 5. Extremity of the upper jaw of the same species, from a specimen obtained in the Eocene forma- 

 tion, intended to indicate the position- of Figs. 3, 4. 

 " 6. Right side of the lower jaw of the Alligator, from a recent specimen, reduced to one-fifth the 



diameter of nature. 

 " 7. Two teeth of the Alligator, from the Ashley beds. Page 122. 



