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Bree, P.J.H. van; Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P..

The fortuitous discovery, in the collections of the National Museum of Natural History at Leiden, of a probably subfossil right half-mandible of a Grey Seal is reported. A short description of the piece is given and it is compared with some other recent, subfossil and fossil material.

Fossil Odobenidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Palavras-chave: Mammalia; Pinnipedia; Halichoerus grypus; Archeozoology.

Ano: 1995

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504204

Eight cranial and five postcranial fossil specimens are described and identified as remains of Odobenidae. Two of these (one, from Rhenen, certainly, and the other tentatively) are ascribed to the fossil, Early Pleistocene Odobenus huxleyi (Lankester, 1865), the others to the recent form, O. rosmarus (L.), while it appears possible to ascribe two of these even to the Adantic subspecies rosmarus. Some critical remarks are made regarding the systematic value of the genera Trichecodon and Alachtherium and the species antverpiensis (Rutten, 1907). The latter may eventually prove to be identical with huxleyi.

More fossil bear remains in some Dutch collections

Ano: 1986

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504965

Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P..

Seven fossil specimens, inscribed in five different Dutch collections, are identified as remains of brown bears, Ursus arctos L. Three items are postcranial skeletal parts, two are isolated teeth and two are mandibular fragments. Five fossils have been collected from the North Sea bottom in the region just to the west of the Brown Ridge, while an isolated canine was found during dredging operations along the Meuse near 's-Hertogenbosch and part of a second isolated canine appeared when a ditch was cleaned near Broek in Waterland, north of Amsterdam. The age of the specimens varies from Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene.

Fossil cranial walrus material from the North Sea and the estuary of the Schelde (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Palavras-chave: 38.22.

Ano: 1982

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317504

Six cranial odobenid remains in a public collection, which have come to our notice since the publication of two earlier papers, are described and discussed. Identification of several specimens with Odobenus antverpiensis (Rutten, 1907) cannot be ruled out.

Further observations on fossil and subfossil Odobenid material (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the North Sea

Ano: 1999

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505041

Six cranial and two postcranial fossil and subfossil odobenid remains that have come to our notice since our 1986 paper on the same subject are described and discussed. One of these can, with some confidence, be identified as Odobenus antverpiensis (Rutten, 1907). The others either belong to the recent species, Odobenus rosmarus (Linnaeus, 1758), or should simply be identified as Odobenus species. Some remarks are made on the morphological differences between antverpiensis (perhaps identical with huxleyi) and rosmarus.

Fossil axial skeletal walrus material from the North Sea and the estuary of the Schelde, and a fossil Sirenian rib (Mammalia, Carnivora; Sirenia)

Ano: 1990

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504860

Ten fossil odobenid remains, and a fossil sirenian rib, encountered by us in a public and in a private collection since the publication of some earlier papers, are described and discussed. All fossils belong, anatomically, to the axial skeleton. Most specimens can be identified as Odobenus rosmarus, but in some cases determination as O. antverpiensis (Rutten,1907) may be possible.

Hyeana brevirostris, a curious fragment from the bottom of the North Sea

Ano: 1999

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504967

A fossil fragment of the right maxilla and premaxilla of a large terrestrial carnivore, collected in 1983 somewhere West of the Brown Ridge in the southern part of the North Sea, is described and identified, through a process of elimination, as Hyaena brevirostris Aymard, 1846, of Early to Middle Pleistocene age.

Fossil Phocidae in some Dutch collections (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Palavras-chave: Mammalia; Carnivora; Skull fragment; Early to Middle Pleistocene.

Ano: 1995

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504714

Bree, P.J.H. van; Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P..

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.

Eleven bones: More fossil remains of Cave Lions and Cave Hyaenas from the North Sea area

Ano: 1987

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/505006

Bosscha Erdbrink, D.P..

Six fossil Cave Lion bones and five fossil Cave Hyaena bones are described. One lion bone and one hyaena bone were dredged from the Westerschelde ( = Western Scheldt, southwestern part of the Netherlands). The other specimens were recovered from the bottom of the North Sea, in the area West and Southwest of the Brown Ridge (or Brown Bank), about 80 km West of IJmuiden on the Dutch coast.

Fossil appendicular skeletal walrus material from the North Sea and the estuary of the Schelde (Mammalia, Carnivora)

Ano: 1983

URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504356

Seventeen fossil, and two recent odobenid remains belonging anatomically to the appendicular skeleton, encountered by us in two public and two private collections since the publication of a number of earlier papers, are described and discussed. Most specimens should be identified as Odobenus rosmarus or simply as Odobenus sp., but in some cases identification as either Odobenus antverpiensis (Rutten, 1907) or as Odobenus huxleyi (Lankester, 1865) appears to be justified.