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: vertebra; sectioned; immature
label: Notes
content: This sectioned vertebra is from an immature Cetacea. This specimen is sectioned, or cut in half, to reveal the interior makeup of the bone. This species is a member of a large and distinct order of carnivorous aquatic mammals commonly known as whales. This single vertebra is from the spine of a whale. This sectioned bone is 5cm thick and measures 30.25cm x 7.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Sep 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: EO53482
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Whippomorpha