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Catalog Data

Place:
Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Mar 1972
Geologic Age:
Cenozoic / Neogene / Pliocene / Hemphillian
Record Last Modified:
4 Aug 2025
Site Number:
42246
Skeletal Morphology:
Skull elements, partial periotic, left tympanic bulla-(4), right tympanic bulla-(7), tympanic bulla-(1)
Stratigraphy:
Chesapeake Group / Yorktown Fm
Taxonomy:
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Cetacea Mysticeti Balaenidae
Published Name:
Balaena sp indet.
USNM Number:
PAL362484
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Paleogeneral
Mammals Marine
Mammalia Marine
Paleobiology
Data Source:
NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f494c702-9279-456a-a8ee-96f5418a1808
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_3430292