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Elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, VT655

Physical Description

Left lower jaw of a southern elephant seal. Only the canine tooth is present and all other teeth are missing. Specimen has an extra post-canine tooth at the PC6 position.

Field Collection

Measurements

Maximum dimensions (H x W x D) (a - left lower jaw): 100 x 60 x 240mm
Weight (b - Bag of fragments): 0.3g

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