Whale
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
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: Notes
content: left humeri
label: Notes
content: These pieces are from the left humerus of the left flipper of a Cetacea, a large and distinct order of carnivorous aquatic mammals commonly known as whales. A whale's humerus is shorter and flatter than the long humerus bone extending from the shoulder to elbow in the upper arm of a human. Each bone is about 5cm thick and measures roughly 8-8.5cm x 6cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 3
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
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: Cetacea
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO53477
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Whippomorpha