Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
Aug 1863
Notes:
Prepared by Mr. Gerrard; now in Alexandra Park; epiphyses fused; skeletal len gth 66 feet, skull length 15'6".
Flower, W. H. (1869). "Notes on four specimens of the common fin whale (Physalus antiquorum, Gray; Balaenoptera musculus, auct.) stranded on the South coast of England." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1869(XXXI): 604-611, pl. xlvii [p. 608]; Flower, W. H. (1865). "Notes on the skeletons of whales in the principal museums of Holland and Belgium, with descriptions of two species apparently new to science." Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 384-420. [p. 411]
Gray, J. E. (1866). Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. London, British Museum. p. 145
note in W. H. Flower's copy of Gray 1866:145: Ft. Mawes, near Falmouth.
Redman 2004:14, 78-79
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae
