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View full screenBasking shark, Cetorhinus maximus, one vertebrae, HOLOTYPE Halsydrus pontoppidiani Fleming 1917
Z.1979.12.1
species: Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus, 1816) - Basking shark
Specimen form: Wet, in alcohol
Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
John Murray
Between Apes and Angels: Human and Animals Before Darwin (15 Nov 2014 - 14 Feb 2015)
University of Edinburgh, Museums and Galleries, Talbot Rice Gallery
Journal of Natural History, 1978, 12: 133 - 135