Specimen Name: Cetacea sp.
Common Name: Dolphin or porpoise
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00016
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:
Possible inner ear cast; grey with lumps and holes
Measurements of Specimen:
25mm x 20mm x 11mm
The Fossil Ark 