Zarhinocetus errabundus Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt, Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed, Bakersfield, Kern County, California Zarhinocetus errabundus is still known only from the Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed. Formerly described as a member of the genus Squalodon, Zarhinocetus errabundus (long-nosed whale) would have closely resembled a modern long-nosed Ganges River dolphin, rather than the short-beaked marine dolphins we are accustomed to seeing today. Specimens of this species are typically limited to a tooth or sometimes a petrosal, with bones being found less often and skulls rarely found. This skull was recently on exhibit at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History in Bakersfield, California. Measures 30.5 x 7 x 7in
Zarhinocetus errabundus Middle Miocene Round Mountain Silt, Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed, Bakersfield, Kern County, California Zarhinocetus errabundus is still known only from the Shark Tooth Hill Bone Bed. Formerly described as a member of the genus Squalodon, Zarhinocetus errabundus (long-nosed whale) would have closely resembled a modern long-nosed Ganges River dolphin, rather than the short-beaked marine dolphins we are accustomed to seeing today. Specimens of this species are typically limited to a tooth or sometimes a petrosal, with bones being found less often and skulls rarely found. This skull was recently on exhibit at the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History in Bakersfield, California. Measures 30.5 x 7 x 7in
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