[NHCOLL-L:290] Stolen Specimens

[Tim White]

Subject: stolen specimens Institute of Geological Sciences
and  Geiseltalmuseum of the Martin-Luther-University Halle in
Germany


Dear Colleagues,
We wish to inform you about the following specimens which
have been reported stolen from the Institute of Geological Sciences
and Geiseltalmuseum of the Martin-Luther-University Halle in
Germany. Should you have any information concerning the whereabouts
of any of  the samples please contact us offline at the following
addresses:

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Haubold
phone: +49/345/5526100
fax: +49/345/5527179
email: haubold at geologie.uni-halle.de
or contact the police at +49/345/224 2000 and give them the
reference
number 12824/99

List of stolen specimens (English/German):

1. Gypsum cast of Janassa bituminosa (oesting rayoes.l., Rochen i.w.S.) 
Permian; from the Kupferschiefer of the Mansfelder Mulde. Approximately 
30cm long.

2. Prepared and treated skull of Esox [Trematina] lucius, (pike, Hecht) 
Recent; Approximately 30cm long.

3. Prepared and treated skeleton of Perca fluviatiles (perch, Flu*barsch),
Recent; mounted on a black wood support. Approximately 30cm
long.

4. Prepared and treated skeleton of Lepidosteus osseus (long-nosed gar,
Knochenhecht), Recent; mounted on a black wood support. Approximately 30cm
long.

5. Prepared and treated skeleton of Rana mugiens (giant frog s.l.,
Ochsenfrosch) Inv.-Nr. 130, Recent; mounted on a black wood
support. Approximately 20cm long.

6. Prepared and treated skeleton of Natrix (old label possibly as 
Tropidonotus)
natrix (gras snake, Ringelnatter) Inv.-Nr. 445, Recent; mounted on a black 
wood
support. Approximately 50cm long.

7. Prepared and treated skeleton of Alligator mississipiensis (juvenile, 
length
about 1m) with labelled bones, Recent; mounted on a black wood support.
Approximately 1m long.

8. Prepared and treated skeleton of Python sp. (python, Python) Inv.-Nr. 44,
Recent; mounted on a black wood support. Approximately 15cm  long.

9. Prepared and treated skull of Gavialis gangeticus, (gavial, Gangesgavial)
Recent; Approximately 40cm long.

10. Prepared and treated skull of Ornithorhynchus paradoxus (platypus,
Schnabeltier) Inv.-Nr. 418, Recent. Approximately 10cm long.

11. Prepared and treated skeleton of Petaurus breviceps  (lesser gliding 
possum,
Zwergflugbeutler) Inv.-Nr. 249, Recent; mounted on a black wood support.
Approximately 30cm long.

12. Prepared and treated skull of Phyllostomus perspicillocum (spear- nosed
bat, Fledermaus), Recent; Approximately 5cm long.

13. Prepared and treated amour plate skin of Dasypus sp. (long-nosed 
armadillo,
G*rteltier) Inv.-Nr. 381, Recent; mounted on a black wood support. 
Approximately 70cm long.

14. Prepared and treated skull of Lutra lutra (river otter, Fischotter) Inv.-
Nr. 437, Recent; Approximately 10cm long.

15. Prepared and treated skeleton of Felis sp. (cat s.l., Katze) Inv.-Nr. 290,
Recent; mounted on a black wood support. Approximately 50 cm long.

16. Prepared and treated skull of Delphinus sp. (dolphin s.l., Delphin),
Recent; Approximately 50cm long.

17. Prepared and treated metacarpals and phalanxes of Hippopotamus major 
(hippo, Flu*pferd), Recent; isolated bones, Approximately 30cm total length.

18. Prepared and treated skeleton of Hapale (Callithrix) jacchus (short- 
tusked marmoset, Wei*b*schel*ffchen) Inv.-Nr. 94, Recent; mounted on a 
black wood support. Approximately 30cm long

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Dr. J. Erfurt
Institute of Geological Sciences and Geiseltalmuseum
Martin-Luther-University Halle/S.
Domstrasse 5
D - 06108 Halle
Germany
Tel.: Germany/345/5526118
Fax.: Germany/345/5527530
E-mail: erfurt at geologie.uni-halle.de