Collector:

J. G. Mead  Search this

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean  Search this

Length - Total:

1005 cm

Prep Count:

18

Preparation:

Baleen

Other

Partial Skull

Photograph

Remarks:

Barnacles

Ear bone (periotics)

Views of carcass

Sex:

Male

Place:

Long Beach Island, Long Beach Island State Park, Near Tom's River., Ocean, New Jersey, United States, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

30 Dec 1972

Notes:

Saturday 28 July 1973 Out to Island Beach State Park and picked up the hump skeleton [USNM 486175 – JGM 8], which was nearly clean. Arrived at Silver Hill ca. 19:00 and unloaded it. Put the frozen stuff in the fish freezer.

Record Last Modified:

13 May 2024

Specimen Count:

1

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae

Published Name:

Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Accession Number:

310180

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : JGM 008

SI Negative Number : JM 156:1-9

SI Negative Number : JM 156:10

SI Negative Number : JM 156:11

SI Negative Number : JM 156:12

SI Negative Number : JM 139:11

SI Negative Number : JM 139:12

SI Negative Number : JM 140:1-5

SI Negative Number : JM 155

SI Negative Number : JM 156

USNM Number:

486175

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/309c059ac-686d-4ef2-b381-bf6354be7b91

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_7508483