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Hi:
the identity of these lumbar vertebrae is probably the common porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena). The vertebral epiphyses seem to be fused so the animal
is adult and from the size of the bones I exclude dolphines, and also the
length/breadth proportions indicate porpoise.
Leif Jonsson
Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum
Göteborg, Sweden