Zygorhiza kochii, Whale tooth

Description:

One premolar associated with whale remains collected in August 1972. This premolar was found at a Giant Portland Cement Co. mining quarry.

• Site: SC; Dorchester Co.;Giant Portland Cement
• Site Number: NH40L
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Paleogene
• Epoch: Eocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Cetacea
• Family: Basilosauridae
• Genus: Zygorhiza
• Species: Zygorhiza kochii

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
• Object Id: PV2030

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• Search Terms
  • Cetaceans
  • Mammals
  • Mining
  • Teeth
  • Whales