Whale, Dorudon
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: African Region
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene - Priabonian
label: Notes
content: This is a 3D print of a Dorudon whale skull and forelimb. It is a cast made of plastic PLA filament and a coat of resin. It is painted brown to replicate a fossil of Dorudon atrox, an extinct species of whales. There are two sets of the skull and forelimb 3D prints. The cranium and mandible casts together measure around 29 cm x 11 cm x 10.5 cm in size. The forelimb is in 2 parts and longest part measures around 23 cm x 10 cm x 2 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Jan 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Wadi Hitan (multiple), Africa, Egypt, Fayum Province
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Dorudon atrox
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404747
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Cetacea, Basilosauridae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.