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

  • Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The marine mammals in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh / by Sir Wm. Turner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    subcoiidylar process distinct from angle, coronoid liroadly triangular. Teeth with large, conical cusp, without supplementary cusps, except in young skulls. 1. Skeleton, male, not fully adult, articulated, with hyoid apparatus. Length 6 feet 4 inches. Vertebral formula C^D^r^LgS.jCd^^ = 43. Sternum, including ter- minal cartilages, 23 inches long, nine bony segments. Skull, length in straight line 101 inches; breadth, zygomatic 61 inches, cranial 4 inches. Humerus 7 inches, supracondjdoid foramen; radius 5| inches, ulna 7| inches, olecranon broad, long. Carpus radiale-intermedium, ulnare, pisiform, four distal carpalia. Pelvic bone, length 101 inches, iliac cre.st much everted. Femur, length 4| inches; tibia 101 inches; fibula 10 inches, fused at upper end. Hallux and 5th toe the longest, seven tarsalia. Golspie, Sutherland. Donor—Rev. Dr Joass. 2. Skeleton, female, disarticulated, imperfect, face much injured. Skull, length 10 inches; breadth, zygomatic 6 inches, cranial 4^ inches. Mandible 6|- inches; sub- condyloid process not inverted nor continuous with angle. Caught at Tents Muir, St Andrews Bay, 1870. Turner Collection. 3. Skull, adult. Length 11| inches, over vertex 141 inches; breadth, zygomatic 7| inches, cranial 4| inches. Mandible, length 8 inches; sagittal, occipital, and squamous ridges. Anterior nares, greatest width 2 J inches, sagittal diameter 41 inches. Slietland. Donor—Dr Chas. Anderson. 4. Skull, adult. Length 10 inches, over vertex 131 inches; breadtli, zygomatic 61 indies, cranial 4] inches. Mandilde 6^ inches ; cranial ridges present. Teeth large and much worn. Anterior nares, width 2 inches, sagittal diameter 3 inches. Golspie Donor—Rev. Dr Joass 5. Skull, adult. Length 11 inches, over vertex 141 inches; breadth, zygomatic 7-1 inches, cranial 4| inches. Mandible 7'I inches; .sagittal and occipital ridges, squamous not marked. Teeth loose, fangs bulbous; crowns of canines pointed, post-canines minuteh^ cuspidated, laterally coiupressed. Anterior nares, greatest width 21 inches, sagittal diameter 4^ inches. From Harris, 1862. Donor—IMr Sharban.