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Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006
drosselmeier commented on the word rhinogradentia
Fictitious order of mammals. The sole inhabitants of an isolated Pacific archipelago, they evolved from a shrew-like ancestor into such varied forms as worm-like beings and large predators. They became extinct when the islands sank into the ocean due to atomic bomb testing; all scientists studying the creatures perished with them.
August 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word rhinogradentia
As I said here, I love that book. :-)
August 17, 2008
mollusque commented on the word rhinogradentia
Named in Anatomie et Biologie des Rhinogrades by Harald Stümpke in 1962. I cited the English translation of his work in my dissertation to see if my adviser was paying attention. He was.
August 17, 2008