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Abstract

On the third of October, of the present year, there came
to us from Preservation Island the ossified mesorostral bones
of a Ziphoid Whale.
Owing to the dense character of such ossified rostral
moieties it is not easy to determine their actual age, unless
field notes have been collected, and as none are available to
use, we can only say that, although apparently recent, it
may have been washed out of a Pleistocene shell limestone
formation. The specimen is not perfect and shows evidence of a wound during the life of the animal, which must have caused distortion to the end of the beak.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Scott, Herbert Hedley and Lord, Clive Errol
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Journal or Publication Title:	Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
ISSN:	0080-4703
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	Copyright Royal Society of Tasmania
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