'Giant #tusks from #Siberia were thought to be the horns of the mythical #unicorn':
What #medieval people made of #fossils before #vertebrate #paleontology
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@dustcircle.bsky.social'Giant #tusks from #Siberia were thought to be the horns of the mythical #unicorn':
What #medieval people made of #fossils before #vertebrate #paleontology
@proseandpassion.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy30-Sep-2026
#Insects are essential to #vertebrate life — as food, shelter and medicine
Binghamton University, State University of New York biologists co-author a review paper on the importance of insect diversity in a time of decline
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another PR on the same paper mentioned earlier but it […]
@palaeonavix.bsky.socialBefore there where frogs and salamanders.
#amphibians #temnospondyls #permian #vertebrate #digitalpainting #art #palaeontology #science
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@anzac69.bsky.socialBritish Trust For Ornithology.
Garden Bird Watch
Summary + Totals of my weekly results
and my garden is tiny!
@invertevo.bsky.socialGills are not the 1ary site of gas exchange in the filter-feeding acorn worm Protoglossus graveolens, providing critical functional support for the long-hypothesized #vertebrate origin of #gills as the primary gas exchange organ.
#Hemichordata #Chordata
@timeline-cleanse.bsky.socialBy: Dmytro Koplyk
https://unsplash.com/photos/oriental-darter-on-thin-branch-pgSMGW8gyM8
📸 SONY, ILCE-7RM4A
600.0mm ƒ/6.3
1/2500s
ISO 640
#animal #bird #wildlife #skyBackground #wild #branch #feathers #treeBranch #naturalLight #birdWatching #outdoorActivity #wildNature #vertebrate
@anzac69.bsky.socialCheck out this monstrous toad! That’s a regular-sized house brick in the photo, included for comparison...
Monday I was thinking about how I hadn't seen a toad in my garden since last year, then Tuesday I saw this cat-eating-sized toad in my yard after moving a bin!
#vertebrate
#Invertebrate eater
@palaeonavix.bsky.socialPromissum was a large Ordovician conodont with more to tell than just the usual tooth-like oralconodont elements. The similarity to lampreys and moreover to hagfish was not intended, but asound possibility form the published data.
#conodont #vertebrate #ordovician #cyclostomi #hagfish #research
