Fishy carcass for I.D.

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Walking the dog along a deserted beach near Threddlethorpe Linc's and came across this carcass being picked clean by crows and gulls.
My first thoughts before getting to close was a seal pup but when reaching it the teeth looked wrong, more like what you see with the porpoise family.

Carcass was about 3' or more in length.

Would be great to know what it was.

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Brian

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Thanks for replying peeps (y)

lucci said:
Could it be a baby dolphin or whale?
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Lucci I did wonder that as the teeth sort of look similar to dolphin/whales teeth when I've seen them on TV.

Just not seen anything like it before, did find a shark bitten Tuna on a beach near Ryde harbour a few years back. That was huge!
 
I have looked at a lot of skeletons and this does not really match - dolphin, porpoise, seal, shark. The big problem, is the row of bones above and behind the skull, which seem to protect the vertebrae and associated bones.
I think that paleantolgists would beinterested in this one.
 
andy700 said:
I have looked at a lot of skeletons and this does not really match - dolphin, porpoise, seal, shark. The big problem, is the row of bones above and behind the skull, which seem to protect the vertebrae and associated bones.
I think that paleantolgists would beinterested in this one.
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Hope they don't want to see it :eek:
 
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