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Whale tooth cast (Mesoplodon layardii (Strap-toothed whale tooth cast))

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Notes: Cast of right tooth from an adult male [From original in University of Oxford Museum]. Challenger specimen B (see citation). Walwick Bay, South Africa - this was washed ashore in 1869 and given to the Challenger crew when they were in the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa in 1873

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.