Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Tasmacetus shepherdi

  • Preferred Common name

    Shepherd's Beaked Whale

  • Date Identified

    28/05/2014

  • Identified By

    Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    Immature

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Teeth, Form: Dry

  • Collected By

    Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment, Mr Peter Swinkels - Museum Victoria, Brendon Taylor - Museum Victoria, Jim Cozens - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    29/05/2014

  • Date Visited To

    29/05/2014

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Mueller River

  • Precise Location

    Mueller River Beach, 4.5 km east of Mueller River mouth

  • Latitude

    -37.7764

  • Longitude

    149.376

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    amg conversion

  • Georeference Date

    2014-05-30T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Karen K. Roberts