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| Bree, P.J.H. van; Perrin, W.F.. |
| In 1828 (p. 1-2), John Edward Gray described the spinner dolphin as follows: Delphinus longirostris, n. - Osse palatino carinato, postice convexo; rostro longissimo attenuata, supra depresso, lineâ mediâ elevatâ; dentibus parvis utrique 48/è48 50/50 ." To this Latin diagnosis he added: "Inhab....... Cranium in Mus. D. Brookes. The beak is more slender and depressed than that of D. delphis; the palate bone more strongly keeled; and the elevated central process of the upper surface of the beak broad and convex. Length of the head 6 inches; beak 11 1/2. Breadth of the latter at its base 3 inches." From the description it is evident that the skull on which the diagnosis was based formed part of the private museum of D. Brookes in London. In the same year in... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: 42.84. |
| Ano: 1977 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/318345 |
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