Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 116 |
Fossil Type: | Tooth |
Fossil Description: | Dolphin or Porpoise |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Medium |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Cetacea |
Suborder: | Odontoceti |
Family: | Kentriodontidae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Kentriodon sp. (or Hadrodelphis sp.) |
Era/Period: | Cenozoic/Tertiary |
Epoch/Age: | Miocene/Eocene |
MYA: | 5 to 23/55 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Atlantic Ocean, Manasquan River Inlet |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Manasquan, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Manasquan |
Color: | Black |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3855.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF3854.jpg |