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Shark teeth (Hemipristis species)

16/10/1875; 16 October 1875

NHMUK-M 485

Notes: Species questionableCitations: Deep Sea Deposits, Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger 1873-1876. Plate 5, figures 8 and 9

Artwork details

Accession number: NHMUK-M 485

Holding institution: Natural History Museum, London

Date collected: 16/10/1875; 16 October 1875

Area or Water body:

FAO:

Taxonomic groups:

Form: Dry

Station:

Gear: Trawl

Field measurements and observations:

Bottom Temperature (°F): 34.8
Depth (Fathoms): 2335
Sediment sample: Red clay
Specific Gravity at water bottom: 1.02777
Specific Gravity at water surface: 1.02571
Surface Temperature (°F): 63
Temperature at x fathoms: 62.6;59.4;59.4;59.4;57.3;54.3;51.3;49;47.5;46.2;45.3;44.5;42.4;41;40;39;38.2;37.7;37.1;36.5;36.2;36;35.9;35.8

Description

Notes: Species questionable

Citations: Deep Sea Deposits, Report of the Scientific Results of the Exploring Voyage of HMS Challenger 1873-1876. Plate 5, figures 8 and 9