Specimen Name: Cetacea sp.
Common Name: Dolphin or porpoise
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00013-15
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 Each Specimen:
- Specimen 13: Smooth, black rib fragment
- Specimen 14: Brown, slightly curbed rib fragment
- Specimen 15: Black rib fragment that is twice as thick as the other two
Measurements of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 13: 44mm x 13mm x 5mm
- Specimen 14: 40mm x 10mm x 5mm
- Specimen 15: 46mm x 15mm x 10mm
The Fossil Ark 