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Partial pathological balaeonopterid whale mandible near corpus (re Pyenson et al. (2013)a; Pyenson, personal communication), Pliocene-Pleistocene Hawthorn gp. (Peace River fm.), Renz Arcadia R. Ranch locality, Peace River dredge, Arcadia, FL. Specimen may be attributed to Balaenoptera floridana. Numerous feeding traces dot the specimen, chief among them a single ~12cm long, 5mm deep groove that may be attributable to Otodus megalodon.
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Specimen recovered and prepared by S. Clawson 7/24/2012, photogrammetrically imaged by S. Clawson 9/27/2019 using Agisoft Metashape Pro and an IPhone camera.