Whale tooth (Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed whale tooth))
22/01/1876; 06/02/1876; 22 January 1876 - 6 February 1876
NMS-Z.1989.63.1
Notes: Right tooth, sectioned. Juvenile (immature), probably Female [was washed up in Port Sussex, East Falkland Island, late 1875]. Collected by H.N. Moseley. Challenger specimen C (See citation) when they visited the Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, shortly after.Citations: Parker, W. 1881: Report on the Bones of Cetacea collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger in...
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Notes: Right tooth, sectioned. Juvenile (immature), probably Female [was washed up in Port Sussex, East Falkland Island, late 1875]. Collected by H.N. Moseley. Challenger specimen C (See citation) when they visited the Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, shortly after.
Citations: Parker, W. 1881: Report on the Bones of Cetacea collected during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger in the Years 1873-1876. Page 1. This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Zoology Volume 1, 1881.