Category Archives: lower vertebrates

EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (1)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

After all the recent photogrammetry posts it is high time to get away from “stuff that somehow has to do with dinosaurs a little bit” and finally write again about dinosaurs themselves. Which is why I now will write about … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Conferences, historical buildings etc., history of science, ichthyosaur, lower vertebrates, Mammal pic, Mammalia, non-palaeo, raves, Reptilia (non-archosaur), Travels | 5 Comments

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

Interspecific prey theft in extant theropod dinosaurs – Ardea vs. Spheniscus

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Heinrich Mallison

Golly, what a science journal-worthy title! An unnecessarily complicated and grandiloquent Ersatz for a simple “Heron steals penguins’ fish!” The Tierpark Friedrichsfelde in Berlin has started announcing feeding times a while ago, and the penguin feeding (Humboldt penguins, Spheniscus humboldti) … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Aves, Dinosauria, lower vertebrates, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Tierpark Berlin, Zoos | 2 Comments

that time of year again

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Common frogs (Rana temporaria) in my garden. See instance from 2012.

Posted in Anura, lower vertebrates | 1 Comment

more Holzmaden marine reptiles – this time at the MfN

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. I’ve bombarded you with marine reptiles of all kinds from the Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden before, all of them from the Urweltmuseum Hauff: ichthyosaurs, more ichthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs (including pliosaurs) and crocodiles – as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Hauff, Holzmaden, ichthyosaur, lower vertebrates, MfN Berlin | 2 Comments

London Zoo 2: Komodo dragons

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Heinrich Mallison

Yesterday evening I made it back to Berlin – for once, the flight was quite empty (as had been the flight to London). I wonder if that’s because of the flight times or because I was flying British Airways, Decidedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Douglas Adams, Lacertilia, lower vertebrates, Travels, Varanidae, Zoos | 1 Comment

Paleontology of SW Germany 3.1.3: even more Lias

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

and we will stay stuck in the Lias ε for a loooooong time! Simply because it is so choke-full of wonderful fossils, and because I have tons of photos of them. The last post ended in the urweltmuseum fischer, so … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Holzmaden, lower vertebrates, Travels | 5 Comments

Digging Wyoming dinosaurs – camp life

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

This summer’s dig at Dana Quarry’s finds having been shown it is now time for some photos of camp life. Here’s a nice view of the camp. On the left is a large, flat area, mostly bulldozed debris from the … Continue reading →

Posted in lower vertebrates, Sauriermuseum Aathal, Travels | 3 Comments

Wyoming Wildlife 2: Rattlers!

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

At the dig I went to this summer there was the common-to-the-US-West risk of rattlesnakes. In contrast to the many other time when I was warned there might be some around, this time some were! Finally! more pics below the fold

Posted in lower vertebrates, Travels | 4 Comments

The Ozeaneum in Stralsund part 4

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Yes, you’ve suffered through enough of this – but don’t get your hopes up, I have some more photos for a final part. And 200+ photos more of the old Meeresmuseum to post 😀 Here’s the link list for the … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, lower vertebrates, Ozeaneum, spineless stuff (invertebrates) | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in "fish", Aquariums, Aves, Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, Dinopics, Dinosauria, lower vertebrates, Maniraptora, Ozeaneum, Theropoda | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in "fish", Aquariums, Aves, Deutsches Meeresmuseum Stralsund, Dinosauria, lower vertebrates, Maniraptora, Ozeaneum, spineless stuff (invertebrates), Theropoda | 2 Comments

RBINS: the rest

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Previously, I showed you an overview and a look at the inguanodons in the RBINS, as well as some photogrammetry play on their T. rex mount, and some of their other dinosaur. Oh yeah, and the whales. Today, I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Archosauria (non-dino), Dinopics, Dinosauria, lower vertebrates, RBINS | 4 Comments

Palaeontology of SW Germany 2.1: what rocks are there to find stuff in?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

As I explained last time, there are really only Triassic and Jurassic rocks available for fossil hunting around Stuttgart. There is a tiny smattering of Permian Zechstein to be found in a few places, and there are a few Late … Continue reading →

Posted in lower vertebrates, SMNS, spineless stuff (invertebrates) | 2 Comments

NHM London – what did I LIKE?

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

This post was planned for tomorrow, but as it seems I have made a lot of people unhappy with my last one I’ll fire it off as soon as I am done writing. Wouldn’t want anyone to get/retain the impression … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, ichthyosaur, lower vertebrates, Maniraptora, MfN Berlin, NHM London, Theropoda | 6 Comments