Canis dirus Quick Facts Common Name: dire wolf Canis dirus, the dire wolf, had an estimated mass of 130 to 150 pounds, which made it about 25% heavier than the modern gray wolf (Canis lupus). But smaller than the fictional dire wolves of the TV series Game of Thrones! The largest known dir
A, dorsal view; B, lateral view; C, ventral view.
Alligator mississippiensis Quick Facts Common Name:Â American alligator The American alligator is an incredibly adaptable crocodylian, has lived for millions of years with little morphologic change, and has survived numerous instances of climate and sea level change relatively unaffected.
left maxilla of Alligator mississippiensis in dorsal (A), ventral or occlusal (B)
In April, thanks to the volunteer efforts of Martha Kendall, ably assisted by Mark Chargois and Michael Wylde, some two dozen native plants favored by Florida butterflies were planted near the RRC classroom and gift shop. Marty, as she is known, is a certified Florida Master Gardener and long-time
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Sylvilagus webbi Quick Facts Common Name: Webb’s marsh rabbit Ecologically similar and probably ancestral to the modern marsh rabbit Sylvilagus palustris. The largest known sample of specimens of the species (>4,500 bones and teeth) comes from the Inglis 1C site in Citrus County. A
UF 51052, the holoype mandible of Sylvilagus webbi, in a) medial, b) lateral, and
Tapirus webbi Quick Facts Common Name: Webb’s tapir The oldest known species of Tapirus from Florida. Starting with this species, tapirs were a common component of Florida’s fauna for about 9 million years, until their extinction about 12,000 years ago. Some features of the skull sugge
A) lower p2, B) upper P4, C) upper M1, and D) upper M2, where p and m mean premolar
These lessons can be completed as a small continuous unit or you can take more time and spread it out amongst other units/lessons. Lessons & Teacher’s Notes Teacher Notes Scientific Illustration Handout – Helpful Tips: This is given to students at the beginning as a resource they will use t
Eye Drawing Students are drawing from their memories Into science notebooks B.
The original description of each type in the FLMNH Herpetology Collection is listed here alphabetically by author and year. The actual pages, plates, figures, and tables on which the description appeared are cited rather than the entire publication. Allen, R., and W.T. Neill. 1949. Herpetol
Asiatic Herpetological Research. 5: 24-28, figs. 11a-c, 12a, 13a-b.
Xenosmilus hodsonae Quick Facts Common Name: Cookie-cutter Cat A lion-sized, sabertoothed cat known only from Florida. A mounted skeleton is on permanent display at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Age Range Early Pleistocene Epoch; late Blancan to early Irvingtonian land mam
The cranium of Xenosmilus hodsonae (UF 60000) in A) right lateral, B) occlusal, and
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PETERSON, C., & B. PETERSON. 2008. Southern Florida’s Fossil Seashells.
Antonenko, P. and B. Abramowitz. 2022.
