Porpoise
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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 - Neogene - Miocene
label: Notes
content: This humerus bone is from a porpoise, an aquatic mammal. The humerus bone is located in the flippers of the porpoise and helps to improve flexibility and maneuverability while swimming. This bone is about 3.5cm thick and measures 7cm x 3.25cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Calvert
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Maryland, Calvert County
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: Phocoenidae
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51414
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Phocoenidae