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Lepisosteus Knieskerni
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †'' Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †'' Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †'' Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †'' Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †'' Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of the entire Phanerozoic. The name is derived from the Latin ''creta'', "chalk", which is abundant in the latter half of the period. It is usually abbreviated K, for its German translation ''Kreide''. The Cretaceous was a period with a relatively warm climate, resulting in high eustatic sea levels that created numerous shallow inland seas. These oceans and seas were populated with now- extinct marine reptiles, ammonites, and rudists, while dinosaurs continued to dominate on land. The world was ice free, and forests extended to the poles. During this time, new groups of mammals and birds appeared. During the Early Cretaceous, flowering plants appeared and began to rapidly diversify, becoming the dominant group of plants across the Earth b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortnose Gar (8741579406)
The shortnose gar (''Lepisosteus platostomus'') is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and the Ohio River to the east, southwards to the Gulf Coast. It inhabits calm waters in large rivers and their backwaters, as well as oxbow lakes and large pools. It is a long, slender fish, brown or olive green above and whitish below. It typically grows to about and is armored by rows of interlocking, rhomboidal ganoid scales. The shortnose gar is an ambush predator, feeding mostly on fish, but also consuming crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates. Breeding takes place in spring when females, often accompanied by several males, attach their eggs to clumps of submerged vegetation. The eggs, which are toxic to man, hatch after a week or so. After consuming their yolk sac, the young fish feed on insect larvae and small crustaceans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Glaber
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †'' Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †'' Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †'' Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †'' Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Cycliferus
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †'' Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †'' Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †'' Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †''Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Cominatoi
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †'' Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †'' Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †''Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †''Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Bohemicus
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †'' Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †''Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †''Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †''Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Bemisi
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †'' Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †''Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †''Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †''Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †''Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepisosteus Aganus
''Lepisosteus'' is a genus of gars in the family Lepisosteidae. Distribution While in the present day, ''Lepisosteus'' is only known across North America, fossil remains show it was much more widespread in the past, with specimens known from the Cretaceous of India and Brazil. Systematics Species The currently recognized species are: Extant species Fossil species * †'' Lepisosteus aganus'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus bemisi'' Grande, 2010 * †''Lepisosteus bohemicus'' (Laube, 1901) * †''Lepisosteus cominatoi'' Santos, 1984 * †''Lepisosteus cycliferus'' (Cope, 1873) * †''Lepisosteus glaber'' Marsh, 1871 * †''Lepisosteus indicus'' Woodward, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus integer'' (Cope, 1877) * †''Lepisosteus fimbriatus'' Wood, 1846 * †''Lepisosteus knieskerni'' Fowler, 1911 * †''Lepisosteus longus'' Lambe, 1908 * †''Lepisosteus nahunticus'' (Cope, 1869) * †''Lepisosteus notabilis'' Leidy, 1873 * †''Lepisosteus occidentalis''Pearson ''et al.'', 2002, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ellsworth De Kay
James Ellsworth De Kay (alternatively spelled DeKay or Dekay) (October 12, 1792 – November 21, 1851) was an American zoologist. Biography James De Kay was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1792. When he was two years old, his family moved to New York; both his parents died while he was still quite young. He attended Yale from 1807 to 1812, but was expelled before completing his degree when he threatened a college tutor with a club. Later, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, receiving his MD in 1819. After his return to the United States, he married Janet Eckford, a daughter of Henry Eckford, a ship builder. He then traveled with his father-in-law to Turkey as a ship's physician, and published a book, ''Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832,'' about these travels. Although well received as an entertaining travelogue, his book has been criticized as being very anti-Hellenic as well as sometimes naive about Turkish customs. He was entrusted by Eckford with negotiations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe. Rafinesque was an eccentric and erratic genius. He was an autodidact, who excelled in various fields of knowledge, as a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot. He wrote prolifically on such diverse topics as anthropology, biology, geology, and linguistics, but was honored in none of these fields during his lifetime. Indeed, he was an outcast in the American scientific community whose submissions were rejected automatically by leading journals. Among his theories were th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shortnose Gar (Lepisosteus Platostomus)
The shortnose gar (''Lepisosteus platostomus'') is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range includes the Mississippi and Missouri River basins, ranging from Montana to the west and the Ohio River to the east, southwards to the Gulf Coast. It inhabits calm waters in large rivers and their backwaters, as well as oxbow lakes and large pools. It is a long, slender fish, brown or olive green above and whitish below. It typically grows to about and is armored by rows of interlocking, rhomboidal ganoid scales. The shortnose gar is an ambush predator, feeding mostly on fish, but also consuming crustaceans, insects, and other invertebrates. Breeding takes place in spring when females, often accompanied by several males, attach their eggs to clumps of submerged vegetation. The eggs, which are toxic to man, hatch after a week or so. After consuming their yolk sac, the young fish feed on insect larvae and small crustaceans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Edition Of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of '' Species Plantarum''. Starting point Before 1758, most biological catalogues had used polynomial names for the taxa included, including earlier editions of ''Systema Naturae''. The first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature across the animal kingdom was the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature therefore chose 1 January 1758 as the "starting point" for zoological nomenclature, and asserted that the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' was to be treated as if published on that date. Names published before that date are unavailable, even if they would otherwise satisfy the rules. The only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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