Tupuxuara leonardii

Tupuxuara leonardii
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Tupuxuara means “long crested” and has been found along ancient South American coasts. Scientists are not sure if they ate fruit or fish.

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Tupuxuara is a genus of large, crested, toothless pterodactyloid pterosaur. The genus was named and described by Alexander Kellner and Diógenes de Almeida Campos in 1988.[1] The type species is Tupuxuara longicristatus. The genus name refers to a familiar spirit from the mythology of the Tupi. Thespecific name means “long-crested” in Latin. The holotype, MN […] read more

Jeholopterus ningchengensis

Jeholopterus ningchengensis
Scale 6 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Jeholopterus was named after a city near where it was found in Northeastern China. It lived in the forest, hunted insects, and is the only known species in its genus.

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Jeholopterus was a small anurognathid pterosaur from the Daohugou Beds of northeastern China (of uncertain age, probably Middle or Late Jurassic), between 168 and 152 million years ago[1]), preserved with hair and skin remains. The type species is based on holotype IVPP V12705, a nearly complete specimen from the Daohugou beds of Ningcheng County in […] read more

Pterodaustro guinazui

Pterodaustro guinazui
Scale 8 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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This pterosaur’s name comes from the Greek word “pteron” (wing) and the Latin word “auster” (south wind). It may have used its thousands of bristle-like teeth to strain crustaceans, plankton, and other small aquatic animals.

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Pterodaustro is a genus of Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America, which lived 105 million years ago. The first fossils, among them the holotype PLV 2571, a thigh bone, were in the late sixties discovered by Bonaparte in the Lagarcito Formation, situated in the San Luis Province of Patagonia, Argentina, and dating from the Albian. […] read more

Javan Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Fact: Rhinoceros sondaicus is critically endangered, with only one known population in the wild, and no individuals in captivity.

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The Sunda rhinoceros, lesser one-horned rhinoceros, or more popularly Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus, is a very rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant rhinoceroses. It belongs to the same genus as the Indian rhinoceros, and has similar mosaicked, armour-like skin, but at 3.1–3.2 m (10.2–10.5 ft) in length and 1.4–1.7 m (4.6–5.8 ft) in height, […] read more

Barbary Macaque

Macaca sylvanus
Scale 7 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Fact: Besides humans, Macaca sylvanus is the only free-living primate in Europe.

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The Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus), Barbary ape, or magot[4] is a species of macaque unique for its distribution outside Asia and for its vestigial tail.[5] Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco and El-Kouf National Park inLibya along with a small population of unknown origin in Gibraltar, the Barbary macaque is one of […] read more

Great Hammerhead Shark

Sphyrna mokarran
Scale 9 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Fact: Sphyrna mokarran favorite food is stingrays.

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The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining a maximum length of 6.1 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf. The great hammerhead can be distinguished from other hammerheads by the shape of its […] read more