United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, Statesboro, 32.44879, -81.78317Gore, Pamela J. W.1708/2022The Georgiacetus whale, an early ancestor of the modern whale, lived in the shallow sea that covered Georgia during the Eocene epoch (of the Paleogene period). The whale's hind legs and hips were functional.Photograph of a fossilized skeleton of the Georgiacetus whale, an early ancestor of the modern whale. It is housed at the Georgia Southern Museum at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. This animal lived in the shallow sea that covered Georgia during the Eocene epoch (of the Paleogene period). The whale's hind legs and hips were functional.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/coastal-plain-geologic-provinceForms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/science-medicine/coastal-plain-geologic-provinceForms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaSkeleton--Georgia--StatesboroWhales--Georgia--StatesboroMuseums--Georgia--StatesboroFossils--Georgia--StatesboroWhales, Fossil--Georgia--StatesboroGeorgiacetus WhaleStillImage