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Common Bottlenose Dolphin

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Mammalia

Theria

Eutheria

Laurasiatheria

Cetartiodactyla

Delphinidae

Tursiops

T. truncatus

Tursiops truncatus

 

other resources:

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natural bone cervical and thoracic spinal column

legacy beach find

Wesleyan College

note: extreme reduction of cervical vertebrae

 
 

single vertebra

 

partial mandible - note: secondarily homodont teeth

 


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Rev. 10.11