Hyperodon sp, Whale skull
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Description:
A cast of a skull of Hyperodon. The original was collected from the Cooper River (Moncks Corner) from a depth of 60 feet. Cast was prepared by G. B. Sullivan of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Cooper River
- Site Number: NH30K
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Family: Ziphiidae
- Genus: Hyperodon
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV9190
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