Sheryl I don't know if the author's ID is correct, but your specimen looks like what is called a "Schnapper" at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/BarKaip-fig-BarKaip132a.html Richard ----- Original Message --------------- Subject: [ZOOARCH] Mystery mandible From: Sheryl McPherson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:03:00 +1200 To: [log in to unmask] >Hi everyone, >I have posted a photo of a mystery mandible that we cannot identify. > >http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo > >It is from a 19th century historic site in New Zealand. The double row of >teeth has confused us! Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Cheers > >Sheryl > >--001485f86080cb17b60484256cec >Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Hi everyone, <br>I have posted a photo of a mystery mandible that we cannot= > identify. <br><br><a href=3D"http://zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo">http://= >zooarchaeology.ning.com/photo</a><br><br>It is from a 19th century historic= > site in New Zealand. The double row of teeth has confused us!=A0 Any help = >would be greatly appreciated.<br> ><br>Cheers<br><br>Sheryl<br><br><br><br><br> > >--001485f86080cb17b60484256cec--