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Odontography; or a treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth; their physiological relations, mode of developmemt and microscopic structure in the vertebrated animals. Vol. 1, text; Vol. 2, Atlas containing one hundred and sixty eight plates

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Author:
Owen, R  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1840
1840-45
Notes:
Teeth of Cetacea, pp. 345-372, pll. lxxxvii, lxxxviiA, lxxxviii, lxxxix, lxxxixA., xci-xcvii (includes Sirenia). Pl. lxxxvii, narwhal, skull, two examples, male and female, from below, after Home. Pl. lxxxviiA Balaenoptera boops ("Balaena" on plate), fig. 1, alveolar groove of foetal specimen, figg. 206, teeth, nat. size from Eschricht; fig. 7, Platanista, lower jaw, and two detached teeth, the latter natural size. Pl. lxxxviii, fig. 1 Hyperoodon, beak from below, fig. orig.; fig. 2, Delphinus delphis, part of lower jaw, fig. orig. Pl. lxxxix, ibid. mag. sections of tooth, fig. orig. Pl. xci, Zeuglodon cetoides, mag. sections of tooth, fig. orig. Sirenians, pp. 364-372, pll. xcii-xcvii; Halicore, pp. 364-371; Manatus, p. 371; Halitherium p. 372. Pl. xcii, Dugong (Halicore indicus"), lower jaw, fig. orig. Pl. xciii, ibid. fig. 1, upper jaw; fig. 2, part of lower jaw; figg. 3-6, teeth; fig. from Home. Pl. xciv, ibid., transverse section of molar, fig. orig. Pl. xcv, ibid., section tusk, fig. orig. Pl. xcvi, figg. 1-3, Manatus americanus, teeth. Pl. xcvii, Halitherium, fragment upper jaw, part lower jaw, detached teeth.
Topic:
Fin whale  Search this
Finback  Search this
Ganges susu  Search this
Ganges River dolphin  Search this
Northern bottlenose whale  Search this
Common dolphin  Search this
Saddleback porpoise  Search this
Whitebellied porpoise  Search this
Whitefront dolphin  Search this
Sperm Whale  Search this
Dugong  Search this
West Indian manatee  Search this
Caribbean manatee  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Monodontidae
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Balaenoptera--physalus
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Platanistidae--Platanista--gangetica
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Ziphiidae--Hyperoodon--ampullatus
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Delphinus--delphis
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Physeteridae--Physeter--catodon
Sirenia--Dugongidae--Dugong--dugon
Sirenia--Trichechidae--Trichechus--manatus
Archaeocete
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8711