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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: †Ceratodontidae
Genus: †Ceratodus
Species: †C. avus
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
If you are bored with sunset shots please move swiftly on! This was taken at the top of an extinct volcano called Montana Roja at Playa Blanca in Lanzarote. It is possible to walk right around the volcano but sadly it was getting too dark so we didn't manage that but did get a super sunset shot from the top!
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: Orectolobiformes
Family: Ginglymostomatidae
Genus: Ginglymostoma
Species: G. sokotoense†
Ka'ena Point State Park - 1/14/18- 8:30 AM - The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two remaining monk seal species ( Mediterranean is very endangered, and Caribbean monk seal is extinct). Hawaiian monk seal is just one of two endemic mammals of the Hawaiian islands (other one is the Hawaiian hoary bat). Its native Hawaiian name is Ilio-holo-i-ka-uaua, and translates to, dog that runs in rough water.
I was visiting this park to see the Laysan Albatross. I went down to the beach, and to my surprise, I came upon the seal. I was a bit surprised, and turned away immediately so as not to disturb it. Funny how at a distance it blends in to look like a small boulder emerging thru the sand.
At the time I took the photo, I did not know what kind of seal it was. So a couple weeks later going thru my photos I did some research. Well what a amazing treat to have seen this rare mammal. I've written before, and its worth repeating, this is an incredible place on earth to visit. Get there at dawn to see the sun rise and the rise of the morning fog on the leeward side of the mountain ridge that terminates at the point. Observe the converging awesome north shore curlers with the under sea currents caused by the point. Ponder the Laysan Albatross flying above you, and surfing the air pressure waves over the ocean, and the joy of seeing successful breeding pairs of several LAALs. Nirvana!
passenger pigeon! this is the entire reason why i wanted to go to the reading public museum. i've been wanting to see a real passenger pigeon for years and years
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: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: A. latidens†
Elephants in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Elephants are large land mammals in two extant genera of the family Elephantidae: Elephas and Loxodonta, with the third genus Mammuthus extinct.
Elephants live in a structured social order. The social lives of male and female elephants are very different. The females spend their entire lives in tightly knit family groups made up of mothers, daughters, sisters, and aunts. These groups are led by the eldest female, or matriarch. Adult males, on the other hand, live mostly solitary lives.
The social circle of the female elephant does not end with the small family unit. In addition to encountering the local males that live on the fringes of one or more groups, the female's life also involves interaction with other families, clans, and subpopulations. Most immediate family groups range from five to fifteen adults, as well as a number of immature males and females. When a group gets too big, a few of the elder daughters will break off and form their own small group. They remain very aware of which local herds are relatives and which are not.
Elephant footprints (tire tracks for scale)
The life of the adult male is very different. As he gets older, he begins to spend more time at the edge of the herd, gradually going off on his own for hours or days at a time. Eventually, days become weeks, and somewhere around the age of fourteen, the mature male, or bull, sets out from his natal group for good. While males do live primarily solitary lives, they will occasionally form loose associations with other males. These groups are called bachelor herds. The males spend much more time than the females fighting for dominance with each other. Only the most dominant males will be permitted to breed with cycling females. The less dominant ones must wait their turns. It is usually the older bulls, forty to fifty years old, that do most of the breeding.
The dominance battles between males can look very fierce, but typically they inflict very little injury. Most of the bouts are in the form of aggressive displays and bluffs. Ordinarily, the smaller, younger, and less confident animal will back off before any real damage can be done. However, during the breeding season, the battles can get extremely aggressive, and the occasional elephant is injured. During this season, known as musth, a bull will fight with almost any other male it encounters, and it will spend most of its time hovering around the female herds, trying to find a receptive mate.
Source:WIKI
Today’s specimen (UC 8704) is an extinct lobster called Eryon arctiformis. It lived about 150 million years ago in the shallow seas that covered Bavaria, Germany during the Jurassic Period. The ventral or underside of the fossil is exposed allowing us to see the legs and the base of the antennae.
The fossil is from the Solnhofen Limestone (called the Plattenkalk in German). This rock has been quarried for hundreds of years and used as building stone and for lithographic printmaking. The fine grain nature of this limestone makes it ideal for lithographic printing also allows it to preserve extremely fine details in the fossils. The Solnhofen Limestone is famous for preserving feathers on the oldest known bird, Archaeopteryx, but over 750 fossil species have been described from the Solnhofen Limestone including pterosaurs, dragonflies, and jellyfish.
(c) The Field Museum
For the Scavenge Challenge -- #16 "Old-style telephones are becoming uncommon. No cell phones allowed here!"
I am pretty sure this is the very last pay phone left in our area. Not just in the city, but in the surrounding smaller towns, too. It's crazy! I remember when I had to walk to the convenience store after the movies to call my dad to come and pick me up. If only that option were available now and there weren't fifty kids in the theater playing with cell phones now! I feel so old!
Great Auk (Alca impennis) a stuffed specimen preserved at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. The bird was collected off the south coast of Iceland in 1821 shortly before the species became extinct in 1844. The egg is a mimmic.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.
Injured and extinct... sounds familiar, doesn't it?
PENTAX *istDs, 49mm, f4.0, 1/1000s, ISO 800.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Cette opération lancée par plusieurs entités telles que le Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève, la Société d'Astronomie de Genève, la Maison du Salève et le Grand Genève, a pour but de promouvoir la nuit noire.
Ce sont donc un peu plus d'une centaine de communes du bassin genevois qui ont joué le jeu en coupant les lumières publics au moins jusque minuit ce 26 septembre 2019.
C'était donc l'occasion de photographier cette belle initiative depuis l'observatoire du Mont Salève.
La photo prise Avant l'allumage des lumières met en évidence l'éclairage par LED alors que la photo prise après l'allumage révèle l'éclairage au sodium.
Les photos "avant" et "après" ont été prises dans les mêmes conditions, et même balance des blancs.
Another Sunday of work, dissertattion, group work, and more.
This is my old gorillapod, which broke about a month ago. It was odd really, the legs just fell off one day, without me doing anyting at all to them, let along anything strenuous. We discovered that if you try, you can pop the little joints apart, and we've been using it as a building toy ever since.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs performing at TT the Bear's place in Cambridge, MA. www.thezenderagenda.com
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs performing at TT the Bear's place in Cambridge, MA. www.thezenderagenda.com
A 40 minute drive away from Beirut into the mountains brought us to a nice village with numerous outdoor restaurants. As we were walking we found a cameleon that had been run over by a car. Cameleons are close to extinction in Lebanon and the site was disheartening.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: †Orthoceratoidea
Order: †Orthocerida
Family: †Proteoceratidae
Genus: †Treptoceras
Species: †T. transversum
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Taken at the L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival - LMFF - L'Oréal Paris Runway.
Label: Extinct
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An extinct mound spring near Blanche Cup Mound Spring on the Oodnadatta Track in South Australia's Outback