GMR Vert ID Assistance

[AshHendrick]

I was hoping I could get an ID on the species of this recent find of mine. This is def. the largest most complete vert I've pulled from GMR (GreensMill Run Greenville NC)- and let me tell you I was quite stoked even though it's a bit broken! I'm assuming it's whale but was curious if anyone could tell me what kind of whale and also verify it's a cervical vert? I found it with the usual GMR assembly of great white, tiger shark teeth, whale bone/ear bone, a mossasaur tooth and petrified wood. 

 

 

[Fossildude19]

@Boesse  

[Boesse]

This is a fused axis vertebra and third cervical vertebra; the atlas fuses to the axis in right whales, whereas in sperm whales the atlas does not. I'd tentatively identify this as a sperm whale (Physeteridae).

[AshHendrick]

AWESOME! Thanks!!