. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. ADDITIONS ADD COREECTIONS. 389 Oatodon lately received by the Eoyal CoUege of Surgeons, whicli I hope will shortly be described by Mr. Plover, the energetic Curator of their Museum, who, in his late paper on the BalcBnidce, has shown how well he can describe and determine the species of ;â Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 439. Mr. Krefft seems to have changed his mind on this subject; for in a letter just received, containing further remarks on these photo- graphs, and some additional ones, he names the mass of ve
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. ADDITIONS ADD COREECTIONS. 389 Oatodon lately received by the Eoyal CoUege of Surgeons, whicli I hope will shortly be described by Mr. Plover, the energetic Curator of their Museum, who, in his late paper on the BalcBnidce, has shown how well he can describe and determine the species of ;â Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 439. Mr. Krefft seems to have changed his mind on this subject; for in a letter just received, containing further remarks on these photo- graphs, and some additional ones, he names the mass of vertebrae as belonging to Oatodon australis. Meganeuron Erefftii? " The second and other cervical vertebrae are all united together into one mass, anchylosed by their bodies, lateral processes, and neural arches. The neural arches form a triangular mass, which is strongly keeled on the central line; and the keel is stronger and produced into an acute point at the hinder end (figs. 96, 97). Oatodon (Meganeuron) Krefiitii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 440. Fig. Hind view of cervical vertebrae of ^ australis. â on Krefftii? or Oatodon " The lateral processes of the second, third, and fourth vertebrae are â produced and united into a broad, thick, angular process, which is expanded at the side, giving the united mass a rhombic appearance, the width of the side being about one-fourth more than the height of the mass. " There is a tubercle, which is most probably the end of the lower lateral process of one of the anterior cervical vertebrae, at the lower part of the hinder side of the front lateral Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Gray, John Edward, 1800-1875. London : Printed by order of the Trustees
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