16 C. C. Bentley, J. L. Knight, and M. A. Knoll 



Remarks: Tapir remains are among the more commonly collected 

 Pleistocene fossils in South Carolina. Several tooth fragments referred 

 to T. haysii were reported by Allen (1926) and represent the first 

 record of tapir from South Carolina. Roth and Laerm (1980) reported 

 numerous tooth fragments and some postcranial material from Edisto 

 Island, but because of the fragmentary nature of the fossils, were 

 unable to assign them to species. A virtually complete skull of T. 

 veroensis, reported on by Ray and Sanders (1984), was collected by a 

 diver in the Cooper River near Charleston, South Carolina. The mate- 

 rial from the Ardis site is referred to T. veroensis, based on the 

 generally smaller size of the molars in comparison to T. haysii. Ex- 

 tant species are semiaquatic browsers having a Neotropical distribu- 

 tion, with North American fossil localities suggesting a distribution 

 south of glaciated areas during the Pleistocene (Kurten and Anderson 

 1980). 



Order Artiodactyla 

 Family Tayassuidae 

 Mylohyus nasutus - Long-nosed Peccary 

 Material: 1 right dp2 (.306); 1 ml or m2 (.307). 



Remarks: This species, referred to as M. pennsylvanicus, was first 

 reported from South Carolina by Allen (1926). Fossils from Edisto 

 Island were referred to as M. cf. M. fossilise by Roth and Laerm 

 (1980). Both names are synonyms of Mylohyus nasutus, following 

 Kurten and Anderson (1980). 



Family Camelidae 

 Palaeolama mirifica - Stout-legged Llama 

 Material: 1 partial lower molar (.268); 1 partial upper molar (.269); 

 1 left ectocuneiform (.270); 1 phalanx distal end (.271); 1 phalanx 

 proximal two-thirds (.272); 1 hoof core (.273); 1 partial calcaneum 

 (.274); 1 thoracic vertebra (.275); 1 metatarsal 3&4 proximal end 

 (.276); 1 astragalus (.277). 



Remarks: Identification was based on the presence of a weak "llama 

 buttress" on the lower molar, and a weakly developed stylid (Webb 

 1974/?), and a low crowned cheek tooth. Distinctive postcranial remains 

 were compared directly to other camelid material. 



It appears that the northern limits of this stout-legged llama 

 were generally restricted to low temperate latitudes, e.g., southern 

 California, the Gulf Coast of Texas, and Edisto Island, South Carolina 

 (Roth and Laerm 1980), although it has been recorded in Missouri as 



