Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora)
Three cranial and seventy postcranial fossils are briefly described and identified as remains of Phocidae. Three of these are ascribed to the Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777), nineteen to the Grey or Atlantic Seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), and the remainder to the Common...
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ftnaturalis:oai:repository.naturalis.nl:505006 2024-02-11T10:02:29+01:00 Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P. 1987-01-01 application/pdf https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505006 unknown https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505006 Beaufortia vol. 37 no. 3, pp. 43-66 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1987 ftnaturalis 2024-01-17T23:25:47Z Three cranial and seventy postcranial fossils are briefly described and identified as remains of Phocidae. Three of these are ascribed to the Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777), nineteen to the Grey or Atlantic Seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), and the remainder to the Common or Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758). Five specimens were collected on the Meuse levels, an artificial plain South of the Hook of Holland formed from sand sucked up at the locality. All other material comes from the North Sea bottom and was found by fishermen trawling for flat-fish. Article in Journal/Newspaper bearded seal Erignathus barbatus harbour seal Phoca vitulina Naturalis Institutional Repository |
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Three cranial and seventy postcranial fossils are briefly described and identified as remains of Phocidae. Three of these are ascribed to the Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben, 1777), nineteen to the Grey or Atlantic Seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791), and the remainder to the Common or Harbour Seal Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758). Five specimens were collected on the Meuse levels, an artificial plain South of the Hook of Holland formed from sand sucked up at the locality. All other material comes from the North Sea bottom and was found by fishermen trawling for flat-fish. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P. |
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Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P. Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P. |
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Bree, P.J.H. (Peter) van |
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora) |
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fossil phocidae in some dutch collections (mammalia, carnivora) |
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1987 |
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bearded seal Erignathus barbatus harbour seal Phoca vitulina |
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bearded seal Erignathus barbatus harbour seal Phoca vitulina |
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Beaufortia vol. 37 no. 3, pp. 43-66 |
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