MCZ Kronosaurus Logo

MCZBASE:The Database of the Zoological Collections

Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University

  • Ornithology 341711 MCZ Ornithology
  • Pinguinus impennis
  • partial skeleton (dry)
  • Funk Island
  • North America: Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador: Newfoundland
  • no verbatim date (1900-01-01 - 1915-04-30)
  • BerkeleyMapper Use ctrl+scroll wheel on your mouse or double click
    to zoom in on the map to see coordinate uncertainty.
    Use the BerkeleyMapper link to display a map with the georeferenced coordinates and the error radius. See Display on left of pages to toggle between Point Marker showing the radius and “MarkerCluster� showing the specimen data when clicked.
Identifications
Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae Pinguinus impennis
Grand Pingouin; Great Auk
Identified by [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Plautus impennis
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Aves Neornithes Charadriiformes Alcae Alcidae Plautus impennis
Identified by Owen F. Bryant
Nature of ID: expert ID
Locality and Collecting Event Details
Continent/Ocean: North America
Country: Canada
State/Province: Newfoundland and Labrador
Island: Newfoundland
Specific Locality: Funk Island
Collecting Source: unknown
Coordinates: 49.75° -53.182222° (Datum: WGS84) , Error: 301 m
Brendan Haley; 2019-03-26; Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-03-26
Coordinate Remarks: [UNDER REVIEW; GEOLOCATE_SCORE: 86; GEOLOCATE_PRECISION: High; GEOLOCATE_NUMRESULTS: 1]
Collecting Date: no verbatim date (1900-01-01 - 1915-04-30)
Collectors
Owen F. Bryant
Identifiers
original number: 1711
Part Details
Part Name Condition Disposition # Remarks
partial skeleton (dry) good in collection >350 tarsometatarsus
Remarks: received from William Barbour
Media
 
Media of type 3D model, MCZ:Orn:341711 Identified as Pinguinus impennis.

3D model (text/html)
Media Details
Media Preview Image

Media of type 3D model, MCZ:Orn:341711 Identified as Pinguinus impennis.

3D model (text/html)
Media Details
Media Preview Image

Media of type text, Ornithology 341711;341722. Description:MCZ Ornithology Skeletal Collection bones-340001, pg.72

text (text/html)
Media Details
MCZ Ornithology Skeletal Collection bones-340001, pg.72

 
Collections Feedback / Report Errors System Administrator

Database content:
(c) Copyright 2022 President and Fellows of Harvard College
Privacy Statement | User Agreement | Accessibility

Delivering Data to the Natural Sciences Community & Beyond