Whale, Cetotheres
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: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
label: Notes
content: The fossilized bone is part of a broken radius from an extinct genus of baleen whale. Baleen whales are a type of whale with bristle-like hair in their mouth that hangs down and is used as a filter for plankton, which is their food source. The radius of a whale is located in the flipper, which are shortened foremlimbs that enable better movement in water. The radius measures about 12cm x 6cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Nov 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Calvert
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: Cetotherium
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50645
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriinae