Eomysticetus carolinensis, Skull element

Description:

A braincase lacking the entire rostrum and missing the left exoccipital and squamosal; the specimen is associated with toothless baleen whale (Eomysticetus carolinensis) remains.

This specimen is a Holotype.

• Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Irongate Subdivision
• Site Number: NH40Q
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Paleogene
• Epoch: Oligocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Cetacea
• Family: Eomysticetidae
• Genus: Eomysticetus
• Species: Eomysticetus carolinensis
• Formation: Chandler Bridge (Bed 2)

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
• Object Id: PV4845

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