-
Euphorbia is a
large and
diverse genus of
flowering plants,
commonly called spurge, in the
family Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbias range from tiny
annual plants...
- However,
recent work
indicates that
Pachyaena is paraphyletic, with P.
ossifraga being closer to Synoplotherium,
Harpagolestes and
Mesonyx than to P. gigantea...
-
though the
Oxford English Dictionary notes a
connection with the
Latin ossifraga or "bone breaker" of
Pliny the Elder. However, this term
referred to the...
- the
Alites were the eagle, the vulture, the avis sanqualis, also
called ossifraga, and the
immussulus or immusculus. Some
birds like the
Picus Martius,...
- what is now the
southern giant petrel. It
replaced the
previous genus Ossifraga which was
found to have been
earlier applied to a
different group of birds...
-
dolichognathus M.
robustus Genus Pachyaena P.
gigantea P.
intermedia P.
ossifraga P.
gracilis Genus Sinonyx S.
jiashanensis Genus Synoplotherium S. vorax...
-
species of the
Early Eocene genus, Pachyaena, such as P.
gigantea and P.
ossifraga, which, too, grew to the size of bears.
Evidence of ****ual dimorphism...
-
functional long
outer primary.
Southern giant-petrel
Macronectes giganteus Ossifraga – A
Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis Fulmaro – A Cape
petrel Daption...
- Leptopus, Lophobios, Lortia, Lyciopsis, Medusea, Monadenium, Nisomenes,
Ossifraga, Peccana, Pedilanthus, Petalandra, Pleuradena, Poinsettia, Pythius, Sclerocyathium...
- USGS
locality D-1640.
Maxillary fragments (USGS 7185). A mesonychid. P.
ossifraga Locality SC-348.
Trigonid of a
right molar. A mesonychid. P. sp. Postcranial...
