Massive Fossil Whale Vertebra

MIOCENE PERIOD, YORKTOWN FORMATION, CIRCA 23-5.3 MILLION YEARS B.P.

8 5/8 in. (2.43 kg, 22 cm wide).

Showing the edges of the neural arch and the base of transverse processes. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM3; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2519