Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic / Paleogene / Oligocene / Zemorrian
- Record Last Modified
- 24 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull elements, Axial element, Appendicular elements
- Stratigraphy
- / Alsea Slts
- Collection Date
- 27 Sep 1977
- Collector
- Douglas R. Emlong
- Place
- Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Types: Mammals Marine
- Mammalia Marine Type
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Maiabalaena nesbittae Peredo et al., 2018
- Aetiocetus cotylalveus Emlong
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- PAL314627
- Type Citation
- Peredo, C. M., Pyenson, N. D., et al. 2018. Tooth loss precedes the origin of baleen in whales. 28 3992-4000.
- Type Status
- holotype
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Cetacea Mysticeti
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3429523
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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