MCZ Ornithology 359388

Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2008-12-09

[no higher geography data] | [no specific locality data]

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Current Identification
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae
Common Name(s): Grand Pingouin; Great Auk
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Previous Identification
Plautus impennis
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

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  • additional number: Grieve no. 64
  • additional number: MCZ9388
  • additional number: Tomkinson no. 25
  • egg set mark: Number Eight
  • original number: Egg no. 57

Part Condition Disposition Count
egg (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
unformatted measurements length 119.38 mm; width 74.42 mm By: Katherine Eldridge

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  • Royal College of Surgeon's egg No. 8 (Thayer's egg). Earliest record of the egg was as one of ten at the Royal College of Surgeons. It was sold (as with MCZ 359392 and 352820) to Robert Champley in 1864. The egg was sent to Rowland Ward at Champley's death. It was sold to John Thayer in 1905.

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  • Continent:
  • [no higher geography data]
  • Sovereign Nation:
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Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Generic '[no specific locality data]' record. *PLEASE DO NOT EDIT*
  • Collecting Source:
  • unknown
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2008-12-09
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
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Media type: text; Ornithology 359376; 359377; 359378; 359379; 359380; 359381; 359382; 359383; 359384; 359385; 359386; 359387; 359388; 359389; 359390; 359391; 359392; 359393; 359394; 359395; 359396; 359397; 359398; 359399; 359400 Description: MCZ Ornithology Egg Collection eggs-008226, pg.47;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Orn:359376 Chlidonias leucoptera to MCZ:Orn...

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