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Physeteridae (Sperm Whale) Fused axis vertebra and Third Cervical Vertebra
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By AshHendrick
Taxonomy
Dwarf Whale, Right Whale, Baleen Whale - Ear Bone (Petrosal)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cretacea
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaenula
Species: Balaenula sp indet
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Epoch: Pliocene
Stratigraphy
Yorktown Formation
Provenance
Collector: Ashley R Hendrick
Date Collected: 02/19/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 6 "
Location
Greens Mill Run (GMR)
Pitt County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Weekend find, date may have been 18th not the 19th, working to verify with dig partner. Found: Greens Mill Run, Greenville NC among a huge array of items (whale bone including several tempanic bulla, shark teeth (great white, tiger,crow, Giant White Shark etc) and two Enchodus teeth etc. Partner I was digging with found it (we were digging same location/hole together) in his screen and let me keep it.
Boesse Confirmed an ID on ID Forum "Nice specimen! This is almost certainly Balaenula sp., a dwarf right whale known from the Yorktown Fm. at Lee Creek. It's a miniature version of Eubalaena in that image at the top (which is from my blog)."
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