Specimen Name: Cetacea sp.
Common Name: Dolphin or porpoise (juvenile)
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00004
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Synapsida – Mammalia – Ungulata – Artiodactyla – Whippomorpha – Cetacea
Description of Specimen:
A round, grey vertebra with the processes broken off – the centre has a series of raised markings resembling a flower
Measurements of Specimen:
41mm x 35mm x 30mm
The Fossil Ark 