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FS333 Whale Ear Bone

9.0 cm. Long x 5.0 cm. Wide x 4.0 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Mammalia, Cetacea, family, genus, sp.

Description: This is a fossil whale bulla (ear bone). The cupped edge is mostly broken off. Found in Charleston, SC in recently dredged area loaded with sharks teeth, etc.

Age: Miocene Epoch to Pleistocene

Location Found: United States, South Carolina, Charleston

Found by: jcstarn

Custodian: jcstarn

Identified by: Carl Mehling

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