A trip to the Natural History Museum in Paris

[grandpa]

I'm really enjoying this tour of the museum. 

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

@Praefectus, have you seen this?

 

18 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

 

 

18 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

Temnodontosaurus burgundidae skull found in Sainte-Colombe, Yonne, France - Jurassic, Toarcian, 183 - 174 mya

 

A comment on the validity of T. 'burgundidae' [sic] - which I had never heard of until this photograph - below, is taken from Wikipedia. Not the most reliable source of information, I know. At the same time this view conforms to the lack of mention of this particular species in papers discussing other species of Temnodontosaurus. It therefore seems T. burgundiae is a junior synonym of T. trigonodon, the most common species of Temnodontosaurus this side of The Channel.

 

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The validity of the species T. burgundiae has been disputed. In 1995, McGowan proposed Leptopterygius burgundiae should be placed in Temnodontosaurus. The paleontologist Michael Maisch does not see T. burgundiae as belonging to Temnodontosaurus. In 1998, Maisch identified this name as a junior synonym of T. trigonodon. Martin Sander, in 2000, recognsizedT. burgundiae as a separate species, describing specimens from the Toarcian of the Holzmaden area of Germany and France as being Temnodontosaurus burgundiae. However, this again has been met disagreement, for McGowan and Motani (2003) argued that all specimens of the Toarcian T. burgundiae belong to T. trigonodon and that although there are small osteological differences, they are not sufficient enough to keep this species valid.

 

 

Very good and informative photographs, Ken! Thank you for having taken us along on this museum visit! Underscores the fact that I should go visit it myself some day

[rew]

On 10/28/2023 at 5:16 AM, ziggycardon said:

Desert Monitor (Varanus griseus)

 

Bichir and Gar

 

 

Coelacanth

 

 

Two Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)

 

 

Three Toed Sloth (Bradypus torquatus)

 

 

 

 

Tapir

 

 

 

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

 

 

Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)

 

 

White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum)

 

 

 

They pack an incredible number of mammals in that museum.

[ClearLake]

Wow!!!  Thanks  Add that one to my list.  Those first couple of pictures are skeleton overload, I love it!!!!