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Temnodontosauridae
''Temnodontosaurus'' (Greek for "cutting-tooth lizard"temno, meaning "to cut", odont meaning "tooth" and sauros meaning "lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic period. They lived between 200 and 175 million years ago ( Hettangian-Toarcian) in what is now Western Europe (England, France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium) and possibly Chile. It lived in the deeper areas of the open ocean.Motani R.(2000). “Rulers of the Jurassic seas”. Scientific American. 283 (6): 52-59 University of Bristol paleontologist Jeremy Martin described the genus ''Temnodontosaurus'' as "one of the most ecologically disparate genera of ichthyosaurs," although the number of valid ''Temnodontosaurus'' species has varied over the years. ''Temnodontosaurus'' was one of the largest ichthyosaurs, with the type species (''T. platyodon'') reaching up to in maximum body length. It is known for its incredibly large eyes which, at approximately in diameter, are believed to be the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnodontosaurus Burgundiae
''Temnodontosaurus'' (Greek for "cutting-tooth lizard"temno, meaning "to cut", odont meaning "tooth" and sauros meaning "lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic period. They lived between 200 and 175 million years ago (Hettangian-Toarcian) in what is now Western Europe (England, France, Luxembourg, Germany and Belgium) and possibly Chile. It lived in the deeper areas of the open ocean.Motani R.(2000). “Rulers of the Jurassic seas”. Scientific American. 283 (6): 52-59 University of Bristol paleontologist Jeremy Martin described the genus ''Temnodontosaurus'' as "one of the most ecologically disparate genera of ichthyosaurs," although the number of valid ''Temnodontosaurus'' species has varied over the years. ''Temnodontosaurus'' was one of the largest ichthyosaurs, with the type species (''T. platyodon'') reaching up to in maximum body length. It is known for its incredibly large eyes which, at approximately in diameter, are believed to be the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs (Ancient Greek for "fish lizard" – and ) are large extinct marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia ('fish flippers' – a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1842, although the term is now used more for the parent clade of the Ichthyosauria). Ichthyosaurs thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared around 250 million years ago ( Ma) and at least one species survived until about 90 million years ago, into the Late Cretaceous. During the Early Triassic epoch, ichthyosaurs and other ichthyosauromorphs evolved from a group of unidentified land reptiles that returned to the sea, in a development similar to how the mammalian land-dwelling ancestors of modern-day dolphins and whales returned to the sea millions of years later, which they gradually came to resemble in a case of convergent evolution. Ichthyosaurs were particularly abundant in the Late Triassic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Early Jurassic
The Early Jurassic Epoch (geology), Epoch (in chronostratigraphy corresponding to the Lower Jurassic series (stratigraphy), Series) is the earliest of three epochs of the Jurassic Period. The Early Jurassic starts immediately after the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event, 201.3 Ma (million years ago), and ends at the start of the Middle Jurassic 174.1 Ma. Certain rocks of marine origin of this age in Europe are called "Lias Group, Lias" and that name was used for the period, as well, in 19th-century geology. In southern Germany rocks of this age are called Black Jurassic. Origin of the name Lias There are two possible origins for the name Lias: the first reason is it was taken by a geologist from an England, English quarryman's dialect pronunciation of the word "layers"; secondly, sloops from north Cornwall, Cornish ports such as Bude would sail across the Bristol Channel to the Vale of Glamorgan to load up with rock from coastal limestone quarries (lias limestone from S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Everard Home
Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet, FRS (6 May 1756, in Kingston upon Hull – 31 August 1832, in London) was a British surgeon. Home was born in Kingston-upon-Hull and educated at Westminster School. He gained a scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but decided instead to become a pupil of his brother-in-law, John Hunter, at St George's Hospital. Hunter had married his sister, the poet and socialite Anne Home, in July 1771. He assisted Hunter in many of his anatomical investigations, and in the autumn of 1776 he partly described Hunter's collection. There is also considerable evidence that Home plagiarized Hunter's work, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly; he also systematically destroyed his brother-in-law's papers in order to hide evidence of this plagiarism. It seems likely that the fire (in Home's apartments at Chelsea Hospital) which destroyed the Hunterian manuscripts in Home's possession also destroyed a precious collection of 26 microscopes originally made by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunnosauria
Thunnosauria (Greek for "tuna lizard" – ''thunnos'' meaning "tuna" and ''sauros'' meaning "lizard") is an extinct clade of parvipelvian ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous ( Hettangian– Cenomanian) of Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Named by Ryosuke Motani in 1999, it contains the basal taxa ''Ichthyosaurus'' and '' Stenopterygius'' and the family Ophthalmosauridae. In thunnosaurs, the fore fin is at least twice as long as the hind fin. Phylogeny Thunnosauria is a node-based taxon defined in 1999 as "the last common ancestor of '' Ichthyosaurus communis'' and ''Stenopterygius quadriscissus'' and all of its descendants". The cladogram A cladogram (from Greek ''clados'' "branch" and ''gramma'' "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms. A cladogram is not, however, an evolutionary tree because it does not show how ancestors are related to ... below follows the topology fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont D’Azergues
Belmont may refer to: People * Belmont (surname) Places * Belmont Abbey (other) * Belmont Historic District (other) * Belmont Hotel (other) * Belmont Park (other) * Belmont Plantation (other) * Belmont railway station (other) * Belmont Street (other) Antigua and Barbuda * Belmont, Antigua and Barbuda Australia * Belmont, New South Wales, a suburb in the Hunter Region * Belmont, Queensland, an outer suburb of Brisbane ** Shire of Belmont, Queensland, a former local government area ** Electoral district of Belmont (Queensland), a former state electorate in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland * Belmont, Victoria, a southern suburb of Geelong * Belmont, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth ** City of Belmont, a Local Government Area in Western Australia, in the inner eastern suburbs of Perth ** Electoral district of Belmont, a state electorate represented in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Canada * Belm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnodontosaurus Eurycephalus
''Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus'' is an extinct species of marine reptile. It is thought to have been a nektonic carnivore. Its name comes from the Greek ''ευρύς'', for "wide" and ''κεφαλή'' for "head". It possibly belongs to a new genus. Description It is considered a large ichthyosaur, the adult jaw length exceeding the mark. Its snout is relatively short, the ratio between the length of its snout to the length of its jaw being under 0.58. Its skull and lower jaw are deep; the orbit is relatively small, the ratio between the diameter of its orbit to the length of its jaw being lower than 0.21; in turn, the ratio between the internal diameter of its sclerotic ring to the diameter of its orbit is smaller than 0.35. The species maxilla is relatively long, the ratio between the length of its premaxilla to the length of its jaw is less than 0.36. Its naris is short. Its teeth are few in number, the maxillary tooth count probably standing at below 15. It belongs to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aalen
Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the largest town in the Ostwürttemberg region. Since 1956, Aalen has had the status of Große Kreisstadt (major district town). It is noted for its many half-timbered houses constructed from the 16th century through the 18th century. With an area of 146.63 km2, Aalen is ranked 7th in Baden-Württemberg and 2nd within the Stuttgart (region), Government Region of Stuttgart, after Stuttgart. With a population of about 66,000, Aalen is the 15th most-populated settlement in Baden-Württemberg. Geography Situation Aalen is situated on the upper reaches of the river Kocher, at the foot of the Swabian Jura which lies to the south and south-east, and close to the hilly landscapes of the Ellwangen Hills to the north and the ''Welland'' to the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Colombe
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but some are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official ecclesiastical recognition, and consequently a public cult of veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. While the English word ''saint'' originated in Christianity, historians of religion tend to use the appellation "in a more general way to refer to the state of special holiness that many religions attribute to certain people", referring to the Jewish tzadik, the Islamic walī, the Hindu rishi or Sikh gur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
