TBD, Whale rib
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Description:
The dorsal portion of a rib associated with the remains of an undescribed archaeocete cetacean.
- Site: SC; Berkeley Co.; Giant Cement Quarry
- Site Number: NH30G
- Dimensions: W-4.5 L-21.5 cm
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Eocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Cetacea
- Formation: Harleyville
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Whales and Dolphins
- Object Id: PV4839
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