Monatsarchive: Oktober 2018

The amazing Nautilid Diversity of the Post-Cretaceous Seas

The modern nautilus is usually seen as some sort of archaic relic from an ancient era, unaffected by the changes of time. They are often considered as an anachronistic remnant of an age when the seas were populated by marine … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Cephalopoden, Paläontologie, Populäre Irrtümer | Schreib einen Kommentar

The Narwhal´s lesser Tusk

I have seen a whole lot of narwhal tusks in museums, many skulls of narwhals (Monodon monoceros), some fully mounted narwhal skeletons and even several specimens with  double tusks. But so far I have never ever seen the vestigal right … Weiterlesen

Veröffentlicht unter Anatomie, Wale | 2 Kommentare