Choneziphius trachops, Whale skull
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Description:
A partial skull associated with beaked whale (Choneziphius trachops) remains; it is missing the missing braincase and the distal half of the rostrum. Specimen possibly reworked from Upper Miocene - Upper Pliocene beds.
- Site: SC; Charleston Co.; Bulow Phos. Mine
- Site Number: NH20Cd
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Ziphiidae
- Genus: Choneziphius
- Species: Choneziphius trachops
- Formation: To be determined
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV2720
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