The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae: An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...
True, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
Beaked whales
Length of centrum 139 131 103 77
Height of centrum (ant.) [f]111 [f]119 [f]85 [f]78
Twelfth caudal vertebra (vert. 38):
Greatest breadth 90 [g]88 61 62
Greatest height 83 [g]78 53 61
Length of centrum 55 [g]56 46 47
Fifteenth caudal vertebra (vert. 41):
Greatest breadth 64 [h]62 49 45
Greatest height 54 [h]52 33 30
Length of centrum 42 [h]39 30 28
Eighteenth caudal vertebra (vert. 45):
Greatest breadth 37 [i]38 ... ...
Greatest height 20 [i]19 ... ...
Length of centrum 24 [i]22 ... ...
Twentieth caudal vertebra (vert. 46):
Greatest breadth ... [j]25 ... ...
Greatest height ... [j]13 ... ...
Length of centrum ... [j]19 ... ...
Chevrons:
Antero-posterior length of first ... 74 ... ...
chevron
Depth of same ... 66 44 ...
Length of second chevron 83 107 55 38
Depth of same 87 85 74 63
Length of third chevron 114 91 61 46
Depth of same 135 206 123 90
Length of fourth chevron 125 122 67 51
Depth of same 213 206 111 67
Length of eighth chevron 80 86 43 35
Depth of same 108 115 41 33
Length of ninth chevron 84 74 ... 27
Depth of same 83 88 ... 19
Scapula:
Greatest length 385 415 [k]224 159
Greatest height 275 300 175 132
Length of acromion [l]115 159 ... 48
Length of coracoid from edge of glenoid 127 148 60 38
Pectoral limb:
Total length 588 652 ... ...
Humerus:
Length 168 177 130 95
Breadth at distal end 69 69 52 42
Radius:
Length [m]178 [m]175 [m]135 ...
Breadth at distal end 55 65 41 ...
Ulna:
Length without olecranon 165 171 118 ...
Length including olecranon 220 225 150 ...
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