Tupelocetus palmeri, Whale skull
Description:
One partial skull, periodics, and two premolars associated with the remains of a protocetid native to South Carolina. This species was formally named in March 2019 after its collector, Bill Palmer.
Publication: Gibson, Matthew L., John Mnieckowski & Jonathan H. Geisler (2019) "Tupelocetus palmeri, a new species of protocetid whale (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the middle Eocene of South Carolina" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38:6
- Site: SC; Orangeburg Co.; Martin Marietta Quar
- Site Number: NH34A
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Protocetidae
- Genus: Tupelocetus
- Species: Tupelocetus palmeri
- Formation: Cross
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV6950
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