Dolphin
name: 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: This specimen is an inner ear bone, or periotic bone. A periotic bone is located under a small opening on each side of a dolphin's head. The periotic bone can be easily removed or dislodged from a deceased and decomposing dolphin because it is attached by connective tissue and not bony tissue Due to their high bone density, bones such as this one are highly durable and are often found on beach shores. This ear bone is 1.5cm thick and measures 2cm x 3cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Lee Creek mine 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: Delphinus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50343
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinidae