May 25, 2013
Crâne de Gecko à queue foliacée / Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko Skull (Uroplatus henkeli) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

Crâne de Gecko à queue foliacée / Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko Skull (Uroplatus henkeli) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

May 21, 2013
Squelette de Martinet noir/ Common Swift Skeleton (Apus apus) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

Squelette de Martinet noir/ Common Swift Skeleton (Apus apus) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

May 21, 2013
Crâne d’Anolis / Bearded Anole Skull (Anolis barbatus) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

Crâne d’Anolis / Bearded Anole Skull (Anolis barbatus) by JC-Osteo on Flickr.

May 20, 2013

biologicalmarginalia:

The skeleton of an Arnoux’s Beaked Whale (Berardius arnuxii) with a Gray’s Beaked Whale (Mesoplodon grayi — then “australis”) for comparison; the last image is a cleaner version from Beddard. Points of interest for the Giant Beaked Whale include the relatively small head, long neck with with only the first three vertebrae fused, low vertebral spines, and elongate lumbar vertebrae. Beddard remarkably stated the “proportions are curiously suggestive of some of the extinct aquatic Mosasaurians, as well as of some of the Dinosaurs”, although to me, this species looks like a toned-down Basilosaurus.

Beddard also mentioned the teeth being erectile and kept in cartilaginous sacs (?!?!). I haven’t seen this fact mentioned recently, so has it been disproven or is it really true and just poorly-known?

Flower W. (1872) On the recent Ziphoid whales, with a description of the skeleton of Berardius arnouxi. Trans R Soc Lond 8 203–234.

Beddard, F. (1900) A Book of Whales.

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May 16, 2013

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May 13, 2013

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May 11, 2013
ryanmatthewcohn:

Ryan Matthew’s Collection. Photo by Sergio Royzen.

Did you know what monkey is this?

ryanmatthewcohn:

Ryan Matthew’s Collection. Photo by Sergio Royzen.

Did you know what monkey is this?

May 10, 2013

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May 10, 2013
scientificillustration:

Chitra indica - Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle -  by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum /.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1855-1872..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4388547

scientificillustration:

Chitra indica - Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle -  by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum /.
London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1855-1872..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4388547

May 9, 2013
fuckyeahdinoart:

T-Rex skull
Illustrated in Photoshop. See more at www.womackart.tumblr.com
Follow me!

fuckyeahdinoart:

T-Rex skull

Illustrated in Photoshop. See more at www.womackart.tumblr.com

Follow me!

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May 9, 2013

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May 6, 2013
tansey-illustrates:

Two rodents & one shrew.
God I love shrew teeth, especially the ones with bright red iron deposits. <3

tansey-illustrates:

Two rodents & one shrew.

God I love shrew teeth, especially the ones with bright red iron deposits. <3

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May 6, 2013

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May 6, 2013

moshita:

faszination-schaedel, fascination-skull

Kunsthalle Leoben, Austria

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May 6, 2013
:) by lafillerenne on Flickr.

:) by lafillerenne on Flickr.