Category Archives: Fauna

Fauna & Creatures: Living and Dead Animals, Humans, and their remains.

Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook * 1728 – 1779 * England / America / Australia * One of the world’s greatest explorers, Captain James Cook was born in Yorkshire, England on October 27, 1728. A very intelligent, loyal, and self confident man, … Continue reading

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Kangaroo: Macropus sp.

Kangaroo Taxonomy: Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Marsupialia; Diprotodontia; Macropodidae; Macropus; Macropus and Osphranter Common Names: Kangaroo, gangurru, boomers, jacks, old men, bucks, does, flyers, jills, joeys, roos Localities: Native to Australia. Some relatives in New Guinea. Description: One of the unique … Continue reading

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Mt. Pisgah Arboretum and Botanical Garden

    Mount Pisgah Arboretum * http://www.mountpisgaharboretum.org/ * 34901 Frank Parrish Rd. * Eugene, OR 97405 * [email protected] * The Mount Pisgah Arboretum consists of 209 acres of a non-profit “Friends of Mount Pisgah” arboretum and botanical garden that is … Continue reading

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Gallery of Osteological Specimens

  Skeletal remains from Knowth/Newgrange, Ireland   Osteology and Archaeological Remains of Humans On these pages will be posted my research on Human bones and osteological analysis. Postings will grow from travels around the world.   Skeletal remains from Knowth/Newgrange, … Continue reading

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Saveok Water Ritual Offering Pits

    Offering Pits at Saveok Water Archaeology Site: Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England Within the last 10 years, one of the world’s best archaeological examples of Ritual Witchcraft has been exposed in Cornwall, England. This site, Saveok Water Archaeology, … Continue reading

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Preserved Animal Tracks at Saveok Water Site

      Animal Tracks along the River @ Saveok Water Archaeological Site Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Truro, Cornwall, England   During my June 2010 visit to the Saveok Water Archaeological Site in the Area B3 were discovered very well-preserved (petrified?) … Continue reading

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Sea Turtles

  Sea Turtles, Punalu’u Beach   Sea Turtles Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Sauropsida; Order: Testudines; Suborder: Cryptodir; Superfamily: Chelonioidea. Sea Turtles belong the to superfamily Chelonioidea and can be found throughout the world, except for polar regions. They are … Continue reading

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Rainforests

Rainforests “Jewels of the Earth” aka “The World’s Largest Pharmacy” Is a botanical biosphere of a forest that is most notorious for its high rainfall and levels of moisture with humidity. Defined with a minimum annual rainfall between 1750 and … Continue reading

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Helicoprionids

Heliocoprionids Heliocoprionid sp. Timeline: Late Permian (299-251 Million years ago) Maximum size: Uncertain Predator advantage: teeth Likely prey: Fishes, cephalopods The prehistoric shark Heliocoprionid sp. swan the seas in the Pennsylvannian (318-299 million years ago). A continuous whorl of teeth … Continue reading

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Vampire in Mass Grave

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126985.200-vampire-discovered-in-mass-grave.html?ITO=1490 ‘Vampire’ discovered in mass grave * Updated 16:07 06 March 2009: * Magazine issue 2698. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. A SKELETON exhumed from a grave in Venice is being claimed as the first known example of the … Continue reading

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