Name/Title
Cetacea (whale fossil)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.13Description
Description: Family: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetecea
Genus: Unknown
Common Name: Whale Bone (vertebre)
Age: Unknown
Location: Location Unknown
Description: A smaller vertebre (perhaps the tail) from an unknown species of whale. Color is reddish-brown to gray with flat top and bottom.
Physical Characteristics:
The order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. It has just over eighty living species, divided into the suborders Odontoceti (the toothed whales, including dolphins and porpoises) and Mysticeti (the baleen whales). In addition, numerous species of extinct cetaceans exist, but they are not listed here. This list contains only the known, extant cetacean species including several recent discoveries (the Baiji is also included though it is believed to have gone extinct in 2006).Cetaceans are aquatic mammals characterised by having a fusiform (streamlined) body shape, paddle-shaped front limbs and vestigial hind limbs. The tail has been flattened into a fluke to aid propulsion.
Elements: One well preserved vertebre with some worn areas evident.
Family: Chordata
Genus: Unknown
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetecea
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
3-7/8 inDepth
3-1/8 inLength
5 inLocation
Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Front Row / BottomShelf
Left, LeftWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
July 23, 2011Location
Container
CenterDrawer
Front Row / BottomShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
