Carolinacetus gingerichi, Whale bones
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Description:
"A new genus and species of protocetid cetacean, Carolinacetus gingerichi, is described from a partial skull, the posterior portion of both dentaries [11 teeth], 13 vertebrae, and elements of 15 ribs found in the Cross Member of the late middle Eocene Tupelo Bay Formation in Berkeley County, South Carolina." [Excerpt from: American Museum Novitates; no. 3480]
HOLOTYPE
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Cross Quarry
- Site Number: NH30Ha
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Protocetidae
- Genus: Carolinacetus
- Species: Carolinacetus gingerichi
- Formation: Cross Member
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV5401
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