- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Georgiacetus vogtlensis
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Georgia Southern University Museum
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Science
Medicine - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, Statesboro, 32.44879, -81.78317
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Three individual Georgiacetus whales were unearthed from 40-million-year-old sediments during the construction of Plant Vogtle. Researchers named the fossils Goergiacetus vogtlensis, meaning "Georgia Whale from Plant Vogtle."
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/georgiacetus-vogtlensis/georgiacetus-side-view_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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