Whale
name: label: Collector
content: B. Hyne & F. Hyne
label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
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: These ear bones are from numerous Eurhinodelphis, a long-nosed dolphin-like mammal that is now extinct. As in modern whales, ear bones such as these are located past and slightly below the mammal's eyes. Each ear bone is about 1.5-2cm thick and measures around 2-2.5cm x 3cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 32
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Lee Creek Mine, S. side of Pamilco River, near Aurora, North America, United States, North Carolina, Beaufort 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: Eurhinodelphis
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51493
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Eurhinodelphinidae