FOSSILS SPECIMEN: CETACEANS

The Infraorder Cetacea includes placental mammals that include whales, dolphins, and porpoises. The term Cetacea stems from the Latin: cetus meaning “whale” and from the romanized ancient Greek kētea meaning “huge fish”. To see my Cetacean models click here.

Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Mammalia – Order: Cetaceans

(dophins and whales)

Lower Eocene to Holocene

Fossil Whale Ear Bone (cross section)

Unknown species

Miocene to Pliocene ~2.6 to 15 MYA)

Hawthorn Formation, Southeast United States

Whale Phalanges (flippers)

Miocene 

North America

Whale Vertebra

Miocene

North America