Saturday, February 15, 2025

Lifeform

 Another look at the ancestors of the modern whale, where I left off yesterday.


Notharctus is an early primate, and has a look rather like a lemur.


A second floor platform allows for a different view of those casts.


Up here are some of the mammals, long extinct, of the post-dinosaur era. They are gathered as reproductions in a central area.


And they are here in fossil form.


Megacerops had a lot in common with the rhino.


Hoplopheneus was similar to a cat, though true cats wouldn't evolve until 17 million years ago. It was a hunter.


The boar is archaeotherium, which went extinct 23 million years ago.


Back down below and among the dinosaur fossils again. Fossils might include plants.


Hesperornis was a flightless bird that hunted in the water.

26 comments:

  1. Amazing display of creatures that once inhabited earth!

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  2. ...lovely, but today we have way too many low life forms!

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  3. It is a cool exhibit! Have a great day!

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  4. Fossils are always interesting and fascinating.

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  5. They keep on making fantastic discoveries in archeology.

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  6. I could spend a lot of time in that gallery.

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  7. Fossils are so interesting to see.

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  8. Love the first and last photographs.

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  9. This would be an interesting exhibit.

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  10. Fossil exhibit is fascinating ~ thanks,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  11. I would find it very interesting if I was there.

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