Nov 29, 2022 · During our annual Thanksgiving trip, a friend of mine found what appears to be a large whale vertebrae on 11/26/22 in the Monterey Bay Area, between Seacliff Beach and New Brighton Beach in Aptos.

Fossil Vertebrate Identification Guide for Aurora and Coastal North Carlina - Pungo River and Yorktown Formations. Besides the abundant shark fossils found in coastal North Carolina, other vertebrates are also found. The most common are marine mammals, such as …

Here are various whale tympanic bulla ear fossils from the Cooper River, South Carolina. They are very dense and fossilize easily, so they are pretty common on the river bottom. They range in size from around 3 inches to 5 inches. Dolphin bulla are usually less than 3 inches.

Aug 26, 2024 · Having looked at a lot of whale verts, I find that there is very few distinctive features that would allow distinguishing between species of whales. I believe I read or heard a comment from Bobby Boessenecker that he could distinguish between a Baleen vs …

Click here to visit the "A Whale of a Challenge" page to learn about the process behind acquiring, preserving, transporting, interpreting, and displaying an 8x8-foot block containing 25 fossilized vertebrae belonging to a baleen whale discovered in the neighboring phosphate mine!

Shop here to find prehistoric fossilized whale vertebrae bones in a variety of sizes, all sourced from the United States.

The vertebrae in the neck are, in the most highly developed of the forms, ankylosed together in a short mass of bone, this leaves the animal with no apparent neck; in other forms the cervical vertebrae are all separate and the head and body are separated by a well-defined constriction.

Oct 1, 2012 · Baleen whale lumbar vertebra... it's fossilized, and appears to have some form of lithified or possibly cemented matrix in the pores. The trabeculae on the broken surfaces are also reddish brown, which doesn't exactly scream anything other than fossil.

Discussion on the discovery of a fossil whale vertebrae dug out (December 1998) from the ErJiou Formation of the late Miocene epoch

This is a large fossil whale vertebra from the Hawthorn Formation of South Carolina. The vertebra is quite large at 9.2" wide and weighs just under 4 pounds.