Specimen Name: Cetacea sp.
Common Name: Dolphin or porpoise (juvenile)
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00022
Acquisition Method: Purchased (2017)
Locale: North Carolina, USA
Formation: Unknown
Geologic Time Period: Eocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Tetrapoda – Amniota – Synapsida – Mammalia – Ungulata – Artiodactyla – Whippomorpha – Cetacea
Description of Specimen:
A grey-black vertebra – it is highly weathered, but still bears the flower-like design indicative of a juvenile or adolescent dolphin or porpoise
Measurements of Specimen:
64mm x 41mm x 35mm
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