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Order Cetacea
Baleen Whale
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0310 0069 (2010-03-01)Copyright © 2010 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Feb 28, 2010
location
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Moss Beach (San Mateo County, California, US)order
Cetacea
class Mammalia
notes Fossil Rib of a Baleen Whale (suborder Mysticeti), preserved in mudstone at the base of the Purisima Formation. These remains date from the early Pliocene and are about 3 to 5 million years old. Normally, this area is buried by beach sand, but occasionally a winter storm will scour the beach and expose this rib. The skull of this specimen was excavated by the California Academy of Sciences.keywords: Pliocene Tertiary Purisima
camera Canon 40D, 24mm, f/13, 1/8 sec.
photo category: Fossil - Vertebrate
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