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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    base to apex. Post-canines witli three [)ointed cusps; tlie middle the laro-est and recurved at tlie tip, the smaller inclined towards the middle. Superior maxilla with extensive articulation with nasal. 1. Skull. Length 12J inches, over vertex 15] inches; breadth, zygomatic 6|- inches, cranial 5^ inches. Mandible, length 91 inches; characters as in No. 1. See Turner in Challencjer Report on Seals. Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. Donor—Sir James Hector, K.C.M.G. 2. Skeleton, disarticulated, adult male. Length something more than 8 feet. Vertebral formula C^D^^L^S^Cdg, imperfect. Fifteen pairs of ribs. Scapula plate-like ; post-spinous a third larger than pre-spinous; axillary border falcate, acromion rudimentary, coracoid a tubercle; length between angles 10^ inches, gienoido- vertebral 8 inches. Humerus 6| inches; no supra- condyloid foramen. Length of ulna 7-| inches, radius 6^ inches. Pelvic bone 8^ inches long, iliac crest scarcely everted; femur inches long; tibia and hbula fused at upper end, length of each 10 inches; sternum incomplete. Skull, length 15^ inches, over vertex 18| inches; breadth, zygomatic 8|- inches, cranial 5^ inches. Mandible 12 inches long, thick, elongated, not everted, no angle. From Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Donor—Dr W. S. Bruce. (2) Ogmorhinus carcixophagus. (Og. c.) (Crab-eating or 8aw-tootlied Seal, Southern and Antarctic Oceans.) Phoca carcinophaga. Hoinhron and Jacquinet, Voy. Role Snd, Atlas, Mam., 1842, 1853. Lobodon carcinophaga, Gray, Zool. Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1844. Stenorhynchus serridens, Given, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1843. Superior maxilla with limited articulation to nasal. Post-canines much longer than in leptonyx, one cusp recurved, elongated, somewhat bulbous at apex, with a small cusp in front, and one, two, or three behind. IMandible with distinct angle and rudimentary sub- condyloid process, symphysis greatly elongated. Skull not so elongated as in leptonyx.