. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 390 ADDITIONS AND COEBECTIONS. '' The three hinder vertebrae have no distinct lower lateral processes; their place is only marked by three slight ridges on the lower edge of the hinder side of the mass. The upper lateral processes of the hinder cervical vertehrse are small, slender, forming a strap-like sec- tion, rather tapering towards and truncated at the tips on the side of the apertures for the passage of the nerves for the neural canal. The neural canal is rather large, oblong transverse, the height being ab
. Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum . Seals (Animals); Whales. 390 ADDITIONS AND COEBECTIONS. '' The three hinder vertebrae have no distinct lower lateral processes; their place is only marked by three slight ridges on the lower edge of the hinder side of the mass. The upper lateral processes of the hinder cervical vertehrse are small, slender, forming a strap-like sec- tion, rather tapering towards and truncated at the tips on the side of the apertures for the passage of the nerves for the neural canal. The neural canal is rather large, oblong transverse, the height being about two-thirds of the width; it is rather larger and higher behind. Fig. Side view of the hinder side of the cervical vertebrae of Meganeuron Krefftii ? or Catodon australis. " The hinder surface of the body of the last cervical vertebra is oblong transverse, about two-thirds of the height of its width at the widest part; the lower edge is rounded and rathe'r angularly pro- duced in the centre, and the upper margin transverse, with a slight central depression; the surface is concave, with a central, linear, perpendicular ;—Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 440-442. Page 210, add to characters of Section II.:— The pectoral fin elongate, mhfalcate. The cavity on the crown of the head ' situated backward, formed by the maxUlaries, and divided as it were into two equal parts by a central bony ridge, which is more or less twisted towards the right side of the head. Physeterina. The larger-headed genus Physeter has only been found in the northern, and the shorter-headed genera Eogia and Euphysetes in the southern 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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