Isurus oxyrinchus The shortfin mako is considered the fastest shark in the world, able to reach burst swimming speeds of up to 43 mph (70 km h-1) (Diez et al. 2015). This classically shaped shark is hydrodynamically efficient with a pointed snout, triangular dorsal fin and large and a crescen
JOURNAL-HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY WASHINGTON, 63, 188-192. Caira, J.
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to digest a meal and poop just once a week. Their closest living relatives are anteaters and armadillos, and if that seems like an odd pairing, there’s a reason why. Today, there
A giant wound opened up between modern-day Washington state and Idaho down through
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Defining taxon: first appearance of the ground sloth Pliometanastes (Tedford et al., 2004) Basis of name: Wood et al. (1941) based the name on what they termed the “Hemphill member of the Ogallala [Formation].� This stratigraphic unit was originally named the “Hemphill Beds� by Reed and Longnecke
New records of rhinoceroses from the Ringold Formation of central Washington and
Desmodus stocki Quick Facts Common Name: Stock’s vampire bat With a range extending to Virginia, this species lived further north than any other vampire bat, fossil or living. Desmodus stocki likely weighed about 50% more than the living vampire Desmodus rotundus. Its large, sharp canin
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(4):912-928.
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
Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 322B, 346 pp. Holman, J.
Flora and Ecology Barker, Henry D. and William S. Dardeau. 1930. Flore d’Haiti : clé et description des ordres – familles et genres des Spermatophytes d’Haiti avec la liste de la plupart des espèces. Publié sous la direction du Service Technique du Département de l’Agriculture et de l’Enseignem
South-East Consortium for International Development, Washington, DC. ix, 418 p.
* St. Augustine site numbers follow protocols established by the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board in 1966, which include the „SA“ city designation, followed by the City of St. Augustine block and lot designations. ACOSTA-VILLALLONGA 8-SA-13-5-6-7 Deagan, Kathleen 1974 Test Excav
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. 261-82.
Lamna ditropis These sharks are often mistake for white sharks because they look very similar, but the salmon shark is dark blue-gray to black over most of its body, except for its pale underside which often has dark blotches on it that the white sharks do not. They can get to 10 feet long (almos
Pacific perform a similar north-south migration in the waters off California, Oregon, Washington
Ava Johnson Undergraduate volunteer I love all things insects, but especially Lepidoptera! I’ve been raising caterpillars since as long as I can remember, from swallowtails to monarchs to woolly bears and even hornworms. These creatures inspire me not only as a scientific curiosity, but they als
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