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Description: | Peterborough [district, Cambridgeshire], [England] [probably ex.] [Bed 10 (Hudson & Martill, 1994)], Oxford Clay [Formation, Peterborough Member, ("Gryphaea and Reptile Beds")], [*Kosmoceras jason jason* Zone],[Middle Callovian], [Jurassic (Middle)] The 16 caudal vertebrae of 109311 were acquired to complete the tail of V1070 for display (see OHF - labels seem to indicate that V1070 arrived around 28/3/1916, not being paid for until 4/4/1916, 2 days after AN Leeds' letter offering to send more caudal vertebrae), but were never used. WRS expresses the opinion in April 1919 that "...they may belong to several individuals."
On the basis of this willingness to composite specimens for display in museums (and there are other examples of this in ANL's dealings with Sturtz), JKI believes that this bone (which arrived with V1070 and was displayed in the plaster of its skull) might well have come from V1921 (a specimen that we received as part of the Second Collection in 1919). Grounds for believing this?: fits well with other otic capsule components, preservation is more similar to V1921 than the poor quality of V1070, and the basisphenoid is a noteable omission (and surprising, given the completeness of the rest of the skull) from V1921. JKI's feelings on this were so strong that when V1070 was dismantled from its display in the Main Hall in the mid 60s (case was cracked and glass too brittle, as well as mount being not that 'modern'), and the rets of the specimen was Indian inked 'V1070', this bone was held back until a definitive decision about its provenance could be made. The grounds for doubts are not sufficient to renumber it with V1921, but it has been given this discreet number to reflect a curatorial doubt. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | VERTTETRREPTIL : ICHTHYICHTHY : FOSSIL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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