Field notes, v1726
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A.C. ZIEBER 1954 PHYSETER CATODON off Farallon Islands, San Francisco Co. Calif. SCAT. 10 LEFT RAMUS OF LOWER JAW HAD ABOUT 22 TEETH, OTHER RAMUS HAD 23 APPEARENTY ACCORDING TO EX ROSENBLUM. RAMUS (MINUS AREA AROUND CONDYLE) WAS 6 FT. LONG. TEETH STUCK UP ONLY AN INCH TO 1 1/2 INCH ABOVE GUM AND WERE ABOUT AN INCH 1/2 D.O. AT GUM LINE, ABOUT 3-4 INCHES WERE EMBEDDED IN GUM AND EXTENDED DOWN INTO THE "ARTICULAR GROOVE". NO EXPOSED PULP CAVITY WHEN SAWING UP JAW INTO 3 PIECES (TO FIT COOKING POT), TEETH AS SHOWN SOME WERE ANIMAL'S TOTAL LENGTH GIVEN AS 39 FT. Y SEX OR MANK. NO OTHER DATA.