Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic / Paleogene / Oligocene
- Record Last Modified
- 10 Apr 2025
- Site Number
- M 1948
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull element, partial mandible, partial tooth (2)
- Collection Date
- Jun 1956
- Collector
- Carl M. Wentworth
- Place
- Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Mammals Marine
- Mammalia Marine
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Phococetus ? sp
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- PAL454771
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Cetacea Archaeoceti Basilosauridae Kekenodontinae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3342308
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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