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FMNH_10948

Not suspect, pending examination
Hammerhead Sharks Sphyrnidae

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 26.07672° N, 97.19990° W (± 3072.2 m)

Taxonomy

GenusSphyrnidae

Specimen

Num Specimens0

Collection Event

CollectorWeed & Pray
Collected Date2024.8.15

Geography

DrainageNueces-Rio Grande
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCameron
Locality"Laguna Madre, Point Isabel"

Record Source

Source Field Museum of Natural History (type: specimens)
Institution Field Museum of Natural History (type: museum)
Curator Mark W. Westneat
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified June 22, 2022
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 5/2017 to 11/2017

Identification

Suspect Notes None
Count No data

Current Determination

Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Sphyrnidae
Determiner Unknown
Determination Date June 30, 2022
Determination Type taxonomic adjustment
Identification Comments Specimen not examined; ID derived from synonymization to GBIF backbone and synonyms in FoTX taxonomy | derived from effort to match GBIF backbone and FoTX synonyms
Identification Confidence Unknown

Collecting Event

Collected Aug. 15, 1924
Collecting Event ID 7912
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Region Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
Jurisdiction Cameron, Texas
Name Laguna Madre at Port Isabel
Hydrography Texas-Gulf Region Nueces-Southwestern Texas Coastal Southwestern Texas Coastal South Laguna Madre Lower Laguna Madre Lower Laguna Madre
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies & Marshes
HUC 12 121102081000
Georeferencing Remarks Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
Georeferencing Annotation
Has not been Georeferenced because
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
suspect: FALSE
flag (suspect/examine) May 23, 2022
note: examine due to determination not to species levelExamination: Pending
flag (suspect/examine) June 30, 2021
suspect: noexamination: no
flag (suspect/examine) note June 18, 2014
This lot in need of examination, but not yet examined. Work in progress.
staff comment July 31, 2012
not available or not found
date June 27, 2012
date_range: 8/15/1924-8/15/1924
collectors May 23, 2012
collectors: Weed, A.C. Pray, L.L.
collectors November 5, 2011
collectors: A.C. Weed, L.L. Pray
date November 5, 2011
date_range: 8/15/1924-8/15/1924
staff comment November 5, 2011
ID Status: This lot in need of examination, but we have not been able to find this specimen at the donor institution. Specimen is likely either on loan, mis-shelved, permanently lost or in rare cases destroyed. Work in progress.
Georef Remark: Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
staff comment February 3, 2011
not available or not found
georeference April 26, 2007
Error: 3072.23769598682
Remarks: Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.
Locality: Laguna Madre at Port IsabelCoordinates: 26.076718899;-97.199897621Georeferencer: AECGeographic note: Inland USA Texas
Found on internet (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hgp9.html) - Port Isabel is synonomous with Point Isabel.

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