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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea  Search this
Preparation:
Skeleton
Remarks:
in Heimatmuseum "Dykhus", Germany
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Eiderstedt, Peninsula Of Eiderstedt., Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
23 Jan 1998
Notes:
Redman, N. B. (2009). Whales¹ bones of Germany, Austria, Czech Republic & Switzerland. With a foreword by Klaus Barthelmess. Teddington, Redman Publishing.; p. 77, 83,128, 138, 141, 143,148; skeleton in Heimatmuseum "Dykhus", Borkum, Germany. Another skeleton in Zoologischen Mueum, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany. A sternum in Naturschutzstation in Hattstedt.
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR12153
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cd36a3bc-1c43-49d3-bad2-290264300b76
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_7525196