The marine mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh / by Sir Wm. Turner.

  • Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916.
Date:
1912
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: The marine mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh / by Sir Wm. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    242/264
    from the other species of Phoca, and to regard it as a distinct genus, Erignathus. L. Skull, aged. Length 9| indies, over vertex 12.1 inches; breadth, zygomatic inches, cranial inches. Mandible 6 inches. Crowns of teeth worn away. Donor—]Mr Jas. Simpson. 2. Skull, adult. Length 8| inches, over vertex Ilf inches; breadth, zygomatic 5 inches, cranial 4| inches. ^Mandible 5^ indies. Teeth much worn; occipital and squamous ridges. North Atlantic. Donor—Dr Janies Foulis. 3. Skull, aged. Length 9-J inches, over vertex 124 inches; breadth, zygomatic 5 inches, cranial 4| inches. Occipital and squamous ridges. No mandible. Teeth feeble, many sockets absorbed. North Atlantic. Purchased from Dr M‘Bain’s Collection. [Nos. 4 to 8 are from the Turner Collection.] 4. Skull, aged. Length 9 inches, over vertex 12] inches ; breadth, zygomatic 5 inches; cranial 4| inches. Mandible b inches. Teeth worn, marked interval between 4th and 5th upper post-canines. Cranium with occipital and squamous ridges. North Atlantic. 5. Skull, aged. Lengtli 84 inches, over vertex 12 indies. breadth, zygomatic 5 inches, cranial 4| indies. Mandible 5| inches. Occipital and squamous ridges. Alveoli absorbed. North Atlantic. b. Skull, aged, preniaxillm lost. Breadtli, zygomatic 5 inches, cranial 4J inches. Occipital and squamous ridges. Teeth lost. No mandible. Nortli Atlantic. 7. Skull, basi-cranial joint not closed. Length inches, over vertex 114 inches; breadth, zygomatic 4| inches, cranial 4| inches. 4'yipp^^^^^ bulla smooth in inner hall, rougli in outer. Mandible 5| inches long. North Atlantic. Donor—IMr C. E. Smith, 18b9. 8. Skull, young, imperfect. Length oj inches, over vertex