Specimen Name: Delphinidae sp.
Common Name: Dolphin
Specimen Code: 05MAMM00017
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 – Odontoceti – Delphinida – Delphinoidea – Delphinidae
Description of Specimen:
Small tooth with a small, black root with brownish enamel
Measurements of Specimen:
14mm x 4mm x 2mm
The Fossil Ark 