Eodelphis browni?
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Zoochat Wildlife Quiz
- Thread starter German Zoo World
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Sorry, Tetzoo Quizzer
Thylacoleo?
Sorry, TQ
Diprotodon?
How would Lawson's sleep be disturbed?
Lawson was in charge of logistics on an expedition to find Diprotodon remains. Late one evening, as the expedition was drawing to a close, Stirton found a bone bed. Sounds like that would interrupt planned sleep!
That's interesting, TZ, but I'm thinking of a genus described by Lawson and linked with loss of sleep
Love the answer! Wakiewakie!
That's right, Tetzoo Quizzer. Well done
I liked that name when I first heard it. l remember a radio programme which discussed amusing animal names. I'm glad some naturalists have a sense of humour
Now it's your turn
I liked that name when I first heard it. l remember a radio programme which discussed amusing animal names. I'm glad some naturalists have a sense of humour
Now it's your turn
Prehistoric question 10; It was suggested that an Argentinian fossil indicated the existence of a back-fanged poisonous snake of enormous length; what did the fang actually turn out to be?
Was the snake 'Najash', a snake with robust hind limbs, which were previously suspected to be fangs?
Nice idea, but if anything even worse as a mistake...
Time for another clue; once again the “fang” was actually part of an animal from another phylum!
Is it the conical shell of the Cambrian mollusc Totoralia?
No, but the right phylum! The species concerned is extant.
Were the molluscs tusk shells?
Not Scaphopoda; the fang was grooved, not hollow.
The name given to the fang was “Bothrodon”....
The 'fang' came from a Chiragra spider conch (Lambis chirarga). I was thinking of a spider conch yesterday, but couldn't find a link to a snake fang.