#Megalibgwilia

[dry-gold]

Mythunga, a cretaceous pterosaurLinks and propaganda Mammalodon, a cenozoic baleen whale from before baleen Mandageria, a devonian lobe-finned fish Megalibgwillia, a big cenozoic echidna Meiolania, a cenozoic horned tortoise Minmi, a cretaceous armoured dinosaur Murgonemys, a cenozoic soft-shelled turtle Murrayglossus, an even bigger cenozoic echidna Muttaburrasaurus, a cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Mythunga, a cretaceous pterosaur

#please reblog #palaeoblr #australian fossil alphabet thing #dinosaur #megafauna #mammalodon #mandargeria #megalibgwilia #meiolania #murgonemys #murrayglossus #muttaburrasaurus #mythunga #minmi

[cogitoergodeusnonest]

The biggest and slowest don't always bite it first

The biggest and slowest don’t always bite it first

For many years I’ve been interested in modelling the extinction dynamics of megafauna. Apart from co-authoring a few demographically simplified (or largely demographically free) models about how megafauna species could have gone extinct, I have never really tried to capture the full nuances of long-extinct species within a fully structured demographic framework. That is, until now. But how do…

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#Alectura #brush turkey #Dasyurus #demographic model #Diprotodon #Dromaius #echidna #emu #extinction #Genyornis #Kangaroo #megafauna #Megalibgwilia #Metasthenurus #model #Notamacropus #Osphranter #Palorchestes #Phascolonus #Procoptodon #Protemnodon #Sahul #Sarcophilus #short-faced kangaroo #Simosthenurus #Sthenurus #Tachyglossus #Tasmanian devil #Thylacine #Thylacinus

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #63:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

(Photograph by amazing Australian photographer, Jarrod Calati. You can view more of his amazing work here. (Dreamstime>Royalty-Free))

Echidna

A.K.A: The Spiny Anteater

Scientific Name: Members of the genera Tachyglossus, Zaglossus and Megalibgwilia

Region: Australia and New Zealand

Size: About 12"-30" (~30.5-76.2cm) long, depending on the species and gender (males are generally about 25% larger)

Interesting Note: Echidnas are named after the Greek mythological figure of same name, referencing their perceived possession of both mammalian and reptilian qualities.  Like hedgehogs, echidnas curl into a ball when threatened, leaving only a mess of spikes exposed to potential predators.

#creatureawaits #echidnas #monotremes #not marsupials #knuckles