Description

Notes: Handwritten label accompanying specimen reads "From the trawl. Oct 16. 1875 Lat. 33?. 29' S Long 133? 22 W. S Pacific Ocean. 2335 fathoms. Bottom red clay. Part of a whales tympanic bone encrusted & replaced by peroxide of manganese. On the white area an Actinia was attached & had protected the bone from incrustation. PTO The trawl came up full of manganese nodules sharks teeth whales tympanics & other encrusted bone fragments. ---". Typed label accompanying specimen reads "Part of a whale's tympanic bone encrusted and replaced by peroxide of manganese. On the white area was attached and had protected the bone from incrustation. Lat. 33?. 29'S. Long. 133? 22W. Depth 2335 fathoms. S. Pacific Ocean. Bottom red clay. The trawl came up full of manganese nodules, sharks teeth, whales tympanics and other encrusted bone frag- ments. Challenger Expedition 16 October 1875. Historical Collections no. [left blank] Geological Collections, University Museum, Oxford.". To see Oxford University Museum of Natural History's database go to http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/collect/lifecoll2.htm