Specimen Name: Cetacea sp.
Common Name: Dolphin or porpoise
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00005-07
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 – Artiodactyla – Whippomorpha – Cetacea
Description of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 05: A grey, partial cervical vertebra (3rd-7th) with one of the side canals intact
- Specimen 06: A small vertebra without any processes and with indentations on all sides
- Specimen 07: A rough, grey vertebra with much of the texture of the inner bone exposed
Measurements of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 05: 35mm x 30mm x 17mm
- Specimen 06: 39mm x 17mm x 20mm
- Specimen 07: 52mm x 20mm x 33mm
The Fossil Ark 