Eomysticetus carolinensis, Skull element
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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)
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV4845
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