Sphyrna mokarran The great hammerhead is the largest of the hammerheads in the family Sphyrnidae. The “hammer head”, or cephalophoil, is straight and square relative to the major axis of the body. The body is stout and classically shark-shaped with a markedly tall, curved, first dorsal fin. T
Distribution of the great hammerhead includes the Indian Ocean and the Indo-Pacific
Melbourne University of Florida Vertebrate Fossil Locality BR002 Location Western part of the city of Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, at about 28.1° N, 80.6° W. Three separate localities were reported by Gidley and Loomis (1926), of which two produced almost all of the fossils in museum colle
The other two were the Vero Canal Site in Indian River County and the Seminole Field
It was a goal of the PCP PIRE to teach at least one formal course each Fall and Spring semester during the five-year period of the NSF-funding. We planned for some of these courses (e.g., Broader Impacts) to become institutionalized at UF (University of Florida). In order to encourage distance „e-l
We will study Island Biogeography from a Pacific and West Indian island perspective
Sphyrna lewini Named for their scallop like cephalophoil (‚hammer head‘) these large sharks are open-water hunters. Using their impressive cranium to detect even the most hidden of prey. Order – Carcharhiniformes Family – Sphyrnidae Genus – Sphyrna Species – lewini Common Names Englis
Distribution in the Indo Pacific includes from South Africa to the Red Sea, throughout the Indian
Amorim, A. F.; Arfeli, C. A. and Castro, J. I. 2000. Description of a juvenile megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, caught off Brazil. Environm. Biol. Fishes. 59 (2): 117-123. Amorim, A. F., Fagundes, L., Arfelli, C. A., and Costa, F. E. S. 1995. Occurrence of megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagio
First megamouth shark from the western Indian Ocean and South Africa.
Updated and edited by Roger W. Portell The following bibliography represents a selection of peer-reviewed contributions by present and former staff of the Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville. Citations are not necessarily in order by date published and do not repre
Paleo-Indian procurement of Camelops on the Northwestern Plains.
Undergraduate students are underlined 2023 VL Mathis and R Mathieu. Investigating the species status of Sherman’s short-tailed shrew (Blarina shermani): preliminary insights. Joint meeting of the 13th International Mammalogical Congress and the 102nd annual meeting of the American Society of Mamma
Using niche modeling to explore niche evolution on West Indian bats. 10th International
Welcome to our annual report for fiscal year 2024. Most notable was the opening of our first new permanent exhibition gallery in many years, “Water Shapes Florida”, as well as our highest annual visitor attendance ever!
Lithoglyptidae) reveal higher diversity, new hosts, and range extension to the Western Indian
Pristis pristis Although sawfish look somewhat like sharks, they are actually rays. They have an elongated snout or „rostrum“ that is studded with teeth that they swing from side to side to stun schooling fishes, crustaceans and invertebrates upon which they feed. Large tooth sawfishes are most c
The Indo-West Pacific Largetooth Sawfish population ranged from the Western Indian
Scientific Publications that have used the Vertebrate Paleontology Collections of the Florida Museum 1908 Sellards, E. H. 1908. Fossils contained in the Florida formations. Florida Geological Survey Annual Report 1:23—25. 1910 Sellards, E. H. 1910. A preliminary paper on the Florida phosphate
Extinction and the zoogeography of West Indian land mammals.
