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Hydrodamalis gigas
Hydrodamalis gigas
Great Northern Sea Cow
Photographer: Patricia Holroyd
Collection: UCMP

ID: 0000 0000 0404 0129 (2004-04-08)

Copyright © 2004 University of California Museum of Paleontology

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  • date of photo  Apr 8, 2004
  • location  Recent Element Collection
  • family Dugongidae
  • notes   Composite vertebral column of a Steller's sea cow, with cervical (neck) vertebrae near bottom of image and caudal (tail) vertebrae at top. Graduate student Nick Pyenson for scale. 1 meter stick near caudal vertebrae.
  • camera   Nikon Coolpix 995
  • From the collection of the UC Museum of Paleontology   Specimen No. 23050  
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  • photo category: Animal - Mammal

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Great Northern Sea Cow, Steller's Sea Cow (ITIS )
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