Category Archives: Aquariums

Juramuseum Eichstätt

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Heinrich Mallison

Everybody knows fossils from the Solnhofen limestones. At least one fossil. This one: the Berlin specimen of Archaeopteryx lithographica. (from Wikipedia under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license) But the Solnhofen Limestone is about much more than dinobirds, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Aquariums, Dinopics, Dinosauria, ichnofossil, Lacertilia, lower vertebrates, Solnhofen Limestone, Theropoda | 7 Comments

Berlin aquarium’s tuataras

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Berlin has a very nice aquarium, which doesn’t only house fish, but also reptiles, amphibians and insects. I rarely go, though, because the entrance fee is much higher for me than the zoos, and especially because … Continue reading →

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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 3

Posted on July 21, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

After two posts of architecture, whale skeletons, plastic models and stuffed animals, it’s finally time for some live animals! The Ozeaneum has plenty of aquaria, but I only have a handful of OK pictures, mainly because I was pushing a … Continue reading →

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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 2

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Enough whales for now in this series of posts. Once you get up t the top level of the museum there is an exhibit on “The World Ocean – Diversity of life”. Sadly, as all exhibits in the Ozeanuem, it … Continue reading →

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The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 1

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

What may look at first glance like a scheme of a hadrosaur footprint – the poor animal has lost the terminal phalanx of the middle toe, though – is in fact the stylized outline of the Ozeaneum on the city … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquariums, Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, Mammal pic, Mammalia, Ozeaneum | 3 Comments

Baltic Sea break

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

This holiday is turning more and more into a rain check thingy for dinosaurpalaeo. I own a UMTS USB stick, but I can’t even get a connection for more than 10 seconds. not even my cellphone gets emails regularly. I … Continue reading →

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The sea turtles in the Meeresmuseum

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Encounter of the turtle kind. I’m posting this without any further comment, because any further thought on marine turtles and what we are doing to them would just derail this into an endless rant. I’ll just say this: if you … Continue reading →

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The Meeresmuseum in Stralsund

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

In Stralsund the Deutsches Meeresmuseum has filled an old monastery, has had a new building added to that, which holds (among other things) the 350.000 L aquarium for marine turtles, and quickly started growing even more. A few years ago … Continue reading →

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Berlin Aquarium: more vintage palaeo art

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

I’ve shown you some of the palaeo art and the stained glass windows with marine animals of the Berlin Aquarium before. Here are the remaining palaeo art reliefs and tile mosaics, those that grace the front facing not the zoo, … Continue reading →

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Dinopic of the Day 18: Iguasnowdon, the Ornithischian Who Came in from the Cold

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

The Ornithischian Who Came in from the Cold: The Iguanodon model in front of the Berlin Aquarium – previously shown without snow here.

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Stained-glass fishes: the rest

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Here’s the remaining 7 stained-glass windows with fish motives from the Berlin Aquarium. Enjoy!

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More stained-glass fishes

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Here’s six more of the beautiful stained-glass windows depicting marine life at the Berlin Aquarium. another non-vertebrate one. The Aquarium has a pretty cool tank with jellyfish, which I will post about soon.

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Stained glass fishes

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

A rainy Sunday forced the wife and me to forgo the usual zoo visit with the kids, and head for the Berlin Aquarium instead (and what a sorry wikipedia page – added to to-do list). It is not a cheap … Continue reading →

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