Whale
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
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: This specimen is an isolated humerus bone from the upper fin of a toothed whale of the extinct Squalodon genus. The humerus improved control and maneuverability for the mammal while swimming. This bone is about 4.5cm thick and measures roughly 11.25cm x 7cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Calvert-Choptank
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Maryland
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: Squalodon
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51304
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Theria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Squalodontidae