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Silphium was an important species in prehistory, as evidenced by the Egyptians and Knossos Minoans developing a specific glyph to represent the Silphium plant.
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Extinction news
- 8 June 2011 After thought to be extinct for almost 70 years the Vegas Valley Leopard Frog (Rana fisheri) is now considered conspecific with the northwestern Mogollon Rim populations of the Chiricahua Leopard Frog (Rana chiricahuensis). Resurrecting an extinct species: archival DNA, taxonomy, and conservation of the Vegas Valley leopard frog
- 31 May 2011 Wicker ancylid (Rhodacmea filosa), listed as extinct by the IUCN Red List, has been rediscovered.
- 30 September 2010 Fossil remains of a giant penguin named Inkayacu paracasensis are discovered. A giant penguin plumed in earth tones
- 17 September 2010 Thyreophora cynophila, a strange looking fly from the Cheese fly family was rediscovered in Spain after it was thought to be extinct since 1849. 'Mythical' extinct fly rediscovered after 160 years
- 26 May 2010 The Alaotra Grebe, a bird endemic to Madagascar, is declared extinct, 25 years after the last confirmed sighting.
- 10 March 2010 Researchers from the Murdoch University in Perth, Australia extracted DNA from the extinct Elephant Bird. Extinct elephant bird of Madagascar could live again
- 2 March 2010 Researchers found the fossil remains of a new Late Cretaceous snake genus called Sanajeh which predated on Dinosaur hatchlings. PLoS Biology
Did you know...
- ...that Walton Ford, a famous wildlife artist created a painting about the extinct Elephant Bird.
- ...that the 24-rayed Sunstar Heliaster solaris from the Galapagos waters died out during the El Niño-Southern Oscillation event in 1983/1984
- ...that the Aldabra banded snail Rhachistia aldabrae from the Seychelles died out because of climate change?
- ... that the Christmas Island Pipistrelle is almost extinct after a survey has failed to locate the last 20 individuals.
- ... that the Banggai Crow was rediscovered on Peleng in 2007 after it was only known by two museum specimens from the late 19th century.
- ... that the extinct flightless Snipe-rail had the smallest wings of all known rail species in proportion to its body size.
- ... that only 300 copies were published of Walter Rothschild's book Extinct Birds.
- ... that Cave Lions were about 25 percent larger than the modern African Lions and Asiatic lions.
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Extinction events
Extinction events · · Minor events ↓End-Ediacaran? ↓Lau event ↓Toarcian turnover ↓Aptian ↓Cenomanian-Turonian ↓Middle Miocene disruption ↓Cambro-Ordovician ↓Ordo-Silurian ↓Late Devonian ↓Permo-Triassic ↓Triassic–Jurassic ↓Cretaceous-Tertiary Major events Ediacaran Cambrian Ordovician Silurian Devonian Carboniferous Permian Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Palæogene Neo- gene Neoproterozoic Palæozoic Mesozoic Cenozoic | -600 | -550 | -500 | -450 | -400 | -350 | -300 | -250 | -200 | -150 | -100 | -50 | 0Millions of years before present
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