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Windy Night on Blackpool Promenade, too windy for a tripod, so took a few "Hand Held" snaps of the Illuminations!

 

Now I wonder who posed for this band photo :0)

Extinct monsters : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson ... with illustrations by J. Smit and others.

 

London : Chapman & Hall, 1896.

 

www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14948

Superdomain: Neomura

Domain: Eukaryota

Clade: Amorphea

(unranked): Obazoa

(unranked): Opisthokonta

(unranked) Holozoa

(unranked) Filozoa

Clade: Choanozoa

Kingdom: Animalia

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa

Clade: ParaHoxozoa

Clade: Bilateria

Clade: Nephrozoa

Superphylum: Deuterostomia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Olfactores

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Infraphylum: Gnathostomata

Clade: Eugnathostomata

Clade: Teleostomi

Superclass: Tetrapoda

Clade: Reptiliomorpha

Clade: 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

Clade: Artiofabula

Clade: Cetruminantia

Clade: Cetancodontamorpha

Suborder: Whippomorpha

Clade: Cetaceamorpha

Infraorder: Cetacea

Parvorder: Mysticeti

Superfamily: Balaenopteroidea

Family: Balaenopteridae

Genus: †Incakujira

Species: ††I. anillodefuego

Sabre-toothed cat skull at Natural History Museum, London.

 

Smilodon fatalis (Leidy, 1869)

Felidae

Carnivora

"Ralph Freman 1742 and Elizabeth 1745 his wife" parents of Ralph 1772 and William Freman of Hamels also on the monument.

Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Catesby Esq of Ecton, Northants 1743

 

The estate belonging to the now extinct Brograve family was sold by decree of the Court of Chancery and bought by Ralph Freman / Freeman

 

Carved in white marble - the tomb was erected by their great grandson Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, of Wimpole Cambs, who inherited at the extinction of the Freman male line. - Philip himself died without a male heir. - Church of St Mary the Virgin, Braughing, Hertfordshire

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: Neoceratodontidae

Genus: Neoceratodus

Species: N. africanus†

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: †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Genus: †Leptostyrax

Species: †L. stychi

from the sketchbook last week. inspired by a photo from a book published by National Geographic I found in the thrift store

Superdomain: Neomura

Domain: Eukaryota

Clade: Amorphea

(unranked): Obazoa

(unranked): Opisthokonta

(unranked) Holozoa

(unranked) Filozoa

Clade: Choanozoa

Kingdom: Animalia

Subkingdom: Eumetazoa

Clade: ParaHoxozoa

Clade: Bilateria

Clade: Nephrozoa

Superphylum: Deuterostomia

Phylum: Chordata

Clade: Olfactores

Subphylum: Vertebrata

Infraphylum: Gnathostomata

Clade: Eugnathostomata

Clade: Teleostomi

Superclass: Tetrapoda

Clade: Reptiliomorpha

Clade: 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

Clade: Artiofabula

Clade: Cetruminantia

Clade: Cetancodontamorpha

Suborder: Whippomorpha

Clade: Cetaceamorpha

Infraorder: Cetacea

Superfamily: Platanistoidea

Family: †Allodelphinidae

Genus: †Arktocara

Species: †A. yakataga

For the November 2007 Starters Group scavenger hunt:

 

7~ extinct. a phone booth, pay phone or a phone leftover from the days

before cellphones or cordless

 

I was afraid this would be hard to find, then just happened to notice

it while we were driving in circles trying to get someplace to park

close to the "Boy with a Dolphin" statue.

From Lydekker's "Royal Natural History" (1894).

 

More info compiled at www.messybeast.com/extinct/steller-sea-cow.htm

"Extinct Memories", Grégory Chatonsky et Dominique Sirois, iMAL, Brussels, october, 2015.

 

www.imal.org/fr/activity/extinct-memories

Paka, Terengganu, Malaysia. Local fishermen

At Kirstenbosch, they constructed this memorial to extinct flowers -- each piece of paper describes the individual flower. Neat idea.

2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1 

at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK

DRUNK BOi!S

ISTERISMO

RAISE A FLAG

DIGRAPHIA

ESPERANZA

LASTLY

POIKKEUS

ACROSTIX

EXTINCT GOVERNMENT

ANGER FLARES

SKIZOPHRENIA

TOM AND BOOT BOYS

 

there are a few buildings that used to be church in this port city, one of them houses a workshop for women for income generating activities.

Skeleton of Iguanodon bernissartensis at Natural History Museum, London.

 

Iguanodon bernissartensis Boulenger, 1881

Iguanodontidae

Ornithischia

Sabre-toothed cat skull at Galerie de Paleontology, Paris.

 

Smilodon neogaeus Lund, 1842

Felidae

Carnivora

On October 21, 2015, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (@goCMNH) had their monthly Think & Drink with the Extinct (#ThinkandDrink). The evening's theme was "Paleontology - Fossils and Ferments."

 

Raise a glass and increase your knowledge of the natural world at one of the brainiest happy hours in Cleveland!

 

Third Wednesday at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is #ThinkandDrink. Each month highlights a different field of research or Museum area, and offers exclusive access to professional staff and researchers, paired with unique experiences and interactive demonstrations. Cash beer/wine bar. Complimentary light snacks. Food available for purchase.

Skull of Arsinoitherium zitteli at Natural History Museum, London.

 

Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell, 1902

Arsinoitheriidae

Embrithopoda

Firefighter Training for Paramedics, Meitingen, Germany 27.04.2013

2014/01/11 (sat) HARDCORE PUNKS なめんなよ番外編Day1 

at 新宿 ANTIKNOCK

DRUNK BOi!S

ISTERISMO

RAISE A FLAG

DIGRAPHIA

ESPERANZA

LASTLY

POIKKEUS

ACROSTIX

EXTINCT GOVERNMENT

ANGER FLARES

SKIZOPHRENIA

TOM AND BOOT BOYS

 

Records and Wireframes presents moving image works by artists Paul Dolan (UK) and Paul Walde (Canada) alongside skeletal remains of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, on loan from the collection of the University of Dundee’s D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum. Curated for NEoN by artist Kelly Richardson to accompany her exhibition at DCA, ‘The Weather Makers’, ‘Records and Wireframes’ explores themes around climate change and screen culture with allusions to the past, present and future.

 

In the expansive video installation Requiem for a Glacier (2013), Paul Walde memorialises British Columbia’s Jumbo Glacier, or “Qat’muk”, now under immediate threat from global warming and resort development. The work shows a four-movement oratorio performed by an orchestra and chorus atop the area’s Farnham Glacier. Over thirty-seven minutes, Requiem for a Glacier features panoramic glacier views alongside the oratorio that was composed by converting data such as temperature records for the area, into musical notation.

  

Requiem for a Glacier (2013), Paul Walde

 

The theme of disappearing landscapes, and data as a form of media archaeological artifact, continues in Paul Dolan’s real-time video work, Wireframe Valley (2017), which presents the gradual disappearance of a digitally constructed landscape, revealing its virtual origins. The defining features of the landscape degrade over the exact duration of the exhibition. In the context of global warming, where the physical planet is increasingly incapable of sustaining life as we know it, our refuge amongst digital environments may not placate us for long.

  

Wireframe Valley (2017), Paul Dolan

 

Should we fail to alter our course, predictions for the fallout from large-scale, unchecked industry are nothing short of terrifying. Some scientists believe that a 6th mass extinction event is already underway through the “biological annihilation” of wildlife in recent decades. Recent studies suggest that the Tasmanian Tiger’s extinction in the 1930s was itself caused by drought.[1] Due to human overpopulation and overconsumption, roughly 50% of the earth’s wildlife population has been lost during our lifetime. A recently published study in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences forgoes the usual sober tone and refers to the gravity of the loss as a “frightening assault on the foundations of human civilisation”. [2]

 

Carrying on from themes explored in Kelly Richardson’s exhibition The Weather Makers at DCA, Records and Wireframes shows the work of artists who, through their art, are creating digital records expressing how we understand our world today. These art works, like the fragmented thylacine skull, may become artifacts that future archaeologists consider in their search to appreciate how, in 2017, inhabitants of Earth understood the global environmental crisis facing them.

 

About the Artists

 

Paul Walde is an intermedia artist, composer, and curator. His work has been exhibited across the United States and Canada, including View From Up Here: The Arctic at the Center of the World at the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, USA (2016), All Together Now at the University of Toronto Art Centre in Toronto, Canada (2014); Beyond/In Western New York (2007), a biennial organised by the Albright Knox Gallery in Buffalo, USA;. His work is held in several Canadian and American collections including the Museum London, Canada and the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, USA. Walde currently lives and works in Victoria, British Columbia, where he is Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Department Chair at the University of Victoria.

 

Paul Dolan is an artist, animator and musician, interested in the materiality of media and how it relates to ideas surrounding ‘nature’ and ‘environment’. He is a current PhD candidate at Northumbria University where he is exploring changing notions of materiality within computer simulation-related contemporary art. Wireframe Valley (originally from 2015, reproduced in 2017) was commissioned by Queens Hall (Hexham, England) and included in the exhibition Land Engines alongside established artists using video game design tools to create works that explore computer generated landscapes, including David Blandy (UK), Jen Southern (UK) and Mark Tribe (USA). He currently lives and works in North East England, where he is Senior Lecturer of Animation at Northumbria University.

   

Supported by the High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom

   

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[1] www.theguardian.com/science/2017/sep/28/tasmanian-tigers-...

 

[2] Gerardo Ceballos, Paul R. Ehrlich, and Rodolfo Dirzo (2017) ‘Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signalled by vertebrate population losses and declines’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. See www.pnas.org/content/114/30/E6089 Accessed: 25/09/17.

 

Opening Preview Thursday 9 November 5pm – part of our Gallery Tours and Exhibition Opening Night programme

 

CENTRESPACE

Dundee Contemporary Arts

152 Nethergate

DD1 4DY

After a long time got to see the 'near extinct' House Sparrow - Uploading it on #WorldSparrowDay

Eggshell fragments from the extinct giant elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus)

This is located in the Marina area on the Willamette River.. A statue as a tribute to 7 birds that are now extinct...The Marquam Bridge is in the background !!!

 

This explains The Lost Bird Project!!!!!

Skull of Allosaurus fragilis at Natural History Museum, London.

 

Allosaurus fragilis Marsh, 1877

Allosauridae

Saurischia

Other items are available on the opposite side of the street.

Couldn't we all use a Wooly Mammoth in our lives?

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