A Skeleton of the Dodo Raphus Cucullatus (L.) New to Ornithology

Tim G Brom,Tineke G Prins

doi:10.1163/26660644-05802001

Abstract

A Dodo skeleton present in the Mineralogisch-Geologisch Museum at Delft, The Netherlands, is described. This specimen has hitherto not been described in the ornithological literature.

Highlights

Un squelette de Dodo du Musée MinéralogiqueGéologique de Delft, Pays-Bas, est décrit
Two authors (De Wit, 1940; Schuyf, 1970) have reported the existence of this Dodo skeleton, it has never been described in the ornithological literature nor mentioned in reference works (Lambrecht, 1933; Hachisuka, 1953; Lüttschwager, 1961)
1900, and that early in 1940 the skeleton was purchased from Maison Deyrolle in Paris* by the Curator of the Museum, Prof

Summary

Museum of the University of Technology at

Two authors (De Wit, 1940; Schuyf, 1970) have reported the existence of this Dodo skeleton, it has never been described in the ornithological literature nor mentioned in reference works (Lambrecht, 1933; Hachisuka, 1953; Lüttschwager, 1961). It was not listed in the recently compiled world inventory of avian skeletal material (Wood et al, 1982)

All that is known about the history of the

Vertebrae cervicales

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