Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Waipatiid Cetacean Fossil
This image is of a waipatiid cetacean whale-like fossil(?) on display at Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). It dates to the Oligocene Epoch (about 28-26 million years ago), Paleogene Period.
The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina 29424.
Learn more at their blog: http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/
The images below are of an unnamed Odontocete whale fossil. It was found in Chandler Bridge Formation, Village Green Subdivision, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA.
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Sauropod Dinosaur Tail Vertebrae Fossil
This image is of a sauropod dinosaur tail vertebrae. The fossil was found in Pryor Mountains, Montana, USA. It was on display at the Indiana University Southeast (IUS) campus, first floor of Sciences Building as part of Glenn M. Mason collection. Image taken November 2018.
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indiana university southeast,
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sauropod,
vertebrae
Saturday, December 15, 2018
Mammuthus primigenius Fossil Tooth
This fossil tooth is thought to be a Mammuthus primigenius. It was found in Scott County, Indiana. The creature existed in the Pleistocene Epoch.
The tooth is on display at the geology department at Indiana University Southeast (IUS) of New Albany, Indiana as of November 2018.
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mammoth,
pleistocene
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