Fossil Oligocene Dugong Rib Florida

Fossil Oligocene Dugong Rib FloridaPerfectly preserved prehistoric dugong rib from Florida's Oligocene epoch, approximately 30 million years old. The bone is exceptionally solid and dense a hallmark of dugong ribs known as pachyostosis, an adaptation that helped these ancient marine mammals stay neutrally buoyant while grazing seagrass beds in the warm shallow seas that once covered Florida. Rarely offered in this condition, this is a standout specimen from one of Florida's most

Local adventure and memory – These are fossils you can actually find yourself on a family trip or dive charter

but rest assured

often near continental slopes and deep water basins

or as a display to attract mates

broad crowns designed to withstand extreme bite forces

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" drawn from the Greek word for mother

Early whales and marine mammals

Its striking texture is a mosaic of fragmented minerals fused together under the immense heat and pressure of countless cosmic collisions

as whale species evolved and some migration patterns shifted

Angustidens exists outside all of that

sabertooth cats and Mammoths