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Images from the 2010 CANstruction competition held at the Connecticut Science Center - May 22-25, 2010
Docent said these tigers will be extinct in the wild by 2020. WTH! Breeding programs hope to keep the species alive, if only in zoos and sanctuaries. However, limited genetic diversity makes such preservation efforts difficult due to what is effectively inbreeding, which commonly exposes genetic flaws. Very sad.
IMG_5142-tiger
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Gnathorhizidae
Genus: †Gnathorhiza
Species: †G. lozovskii
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Superorder: †Paraselachimorpha
Order: †Petalodontiformes
Family: †Pristodontidae
Genus: †Megactenopetalus
Species: †M. kaibabanus
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
(unranked) Amniota
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Theriimorpha
Clade: Theriiformes
Clade: Trechnotheria
Clade: Cladotheria
Clade: Zatheria
Clade: Tribosphenida
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Clade: Exafroplacentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
(unranked): Scrotifera
Grandorder: Ferungulata
Clade: Ungulata
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Tylopoda
Superfamily: Cameloidea
Family: Camelidae
Subfamily: †Floridatragulinae
Genus: †Floridatragulus
Species: †F. dolichanthereus
Estimated length 5–6 meters (16–20 feet)
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Clade: Toxicofera
Clade: Ophidia
Suborder: Unranked
Family: †Madtsoiidae
Genus: †Madtsoia
Species: †M. camposi
Abandoned roadhouse Along Hwy 81 near Esto Florida
No longer Extant
From an Original Kodachrome Slide
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Serratolamnidae
Genus: †Serratolamna
Species: †S. amonensis
This little critter scuttled across my path and into the undergrowth one morning while out on my early morning walk whilst on holiday in Mauritius, thought they were supposed to be extinct.
The most complete mastodon skeleton ever found in Pennsylvania. Opened in a new exhibit in Harrisburg on January 23rd. Beautiful!
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Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Gnathorhizidae
Genus: †Gnathorhiza
Species: †G. serrata
We took a tour to see the sunrise and then bike down the volcano, about 35 miles. This is an extinct volcano on Maui, about 10,000 feet high. The temperature was around 40F degree with the wind blowing 30 miles an hour. I could barely hold my hands steady.
No post-edit, no crop.
The lizardy thing on this 5-cent coin is a tuatara, a living fossil indigenous to NZ. 5-cent coins have recently been taken out of circulation.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Superorder: †Paraselachimorpha
Order: †Iniopterygiformes
Family: †Sibyrhinchidae
Genus: †Sibyrhynchus
Species: †S. denisoni
iMAL, Brussels, September, 2015
An exhibition by Grégory Chatonsky and Dominique Sirois on posthuman archeology.
Isisfordia is an extinct genus of crocodyliform closely related to crocodilians that lived in Australia during the Middle Cretaceous (Albian–Cenomanian). The type species, I. duncani. (named after the discoverer; former Deputy Mayor of Isisford, Ian Duncan) was discovered in the Winton Formation in Isisford, Queensland, Australia in the mid-1990s. Most of the animal was discovered, with the exception of the front portion of the skull. On a later expedition to the location, paleontologists discovered a complete skull which differed from the original specimen in size only. The discovery of the remains led paleontologists to suggest that the group including modern crocodilians first evolved 30 million years earlier than previously thought, during the Cretaceous period on the supercontinent Gondwana.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Class: Dipnoi
Order: Ceratodontiformes
Family: †Gnathorhizidae
Genus: †Gnathorhiza
Species: †G. bogdensis