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Common Name

Common Tern

Specimen Numbers

IMNH R-3343

Species

Species: hirundo

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae Genus: Sterna Species: hirundo 925

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Coracoid	22.18	8.346	6.866
Carpometacarpus	31.183	7.099	4.037
Tarsometatarsus	19.024	3.67	4.548
Sternum (Keel)	37.592	15.669	23.954
Femur	23.919	3.888	3.594

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

Marie Hopkins Comparative Osteology Collection

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

Idaho Museum of Natural History

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements