Fossil

By jingram3, 20 May, 2023
Description

I have a Basilosaurus (Whale) lumbar vertebrae that was found in my great grandparents land/creek when my father was a child. My great grandparents found this vertebra in a creek located in Mississippi. I don't know much about it other than what I can remember my grandmother telling me from when I was a child. Size is around 12.5x8.5in

Category
Other
Medium
Bone/ Fossil
Distinguishing marks
Basilosaurus lumbar vertebrae from Whale
Condition
Good
Size and dimensions of this item
12.5x8.5in
Date Period
Prehistoric
History
Basilosaurus is a genus of large, predatory, prehistoric archaeocete whale from the late Eocene, approximately 41.3 to 33.9 million years ago. First described in 1834, it was the first archaeocete and prehistoric whale known to science
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