Metailurus major was a species of saber toothed cats. Fossils of it have been found in China. For example, a fossilized skull was discovered in the Guanghe...
I mispelled a word in the title of the previous message. The word is supposed to be spelled Metailurus. I apologize for making that spelling error. Neal...
Mioplosus labracoides is an extinct species of fish that lived during the Eocene period (54-38 million years ago). It is considered to be closely related to...
A photograph of a Mioplosus fossil can be seen on this website: http://www.greatsouth.net/p-FR120.html Neal Robbins ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address...
Homeotherium was a genus of saber toothed cats that died out about 11,000 years ago. Fossils of them have been found in the midwestern part of the U.S. ...
Phareodus encaustus was a species of fish that lived during the Eocene period (54 - 38 million years ago). It had a long pectoral fin and large pointed teeth....
As I mentioned in another e-mail, there are some living species of the Osteoglossidae family. This is a list of them: Subfamily Heterotidinae: Arapina gigas...
Hey guys, I am new to the group and just wanted to say hi! If you would like to check out a pic of me I took yesterday, or talk to me check my profile our over...
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This posting deals with a fossil find made in Alberta, Canada. The subject matter comes from an article in the Journal of Paleontology: (2002) Vol. 76, No.4....
On October 20, 1996, I got to visit a very historic Buddhist temple in Korea. I went there with a Korean named Mr. Li and his family. Mr. Li was a student in...
Korea had been under the rule of the United Shilla Dynasty since 696 A.D. That was when a Shilla general named Kim Yu-Shin conquered Paekche and Koguryo and...
Edgar Allan Poe wrote an eerie supernatural story called "The Fall of the House of Usher". There is an episode of Korean history (almost as macabre) which...
Gyrolepidodus schmitti is a species of fish that lived during the Devonian period. Fossilized remains of this fish have been found in Russia. For example a...
Lycoptera davidi was a species of fossil fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous. Fossils of this fish have been found in China, for...
Pet cemeteries are a well known phenomenon. I read the Stephen King novel Pet Sematary and saw the movie. But pet cemeteries are not new to history....
~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with reference to our post of 25 June 2004 -- on the subject of "Chinese Writing On 8,600...
Tea has been used in Korea for thousands of years. The first type of tea known to be used is Paeksan ch'a (white mountain tea). It was produced on a mountain...
In the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh are the remains of a fort. It is called the Mismak. While I was working in Saudi Arabia as an English teacher, I saw the...
Abdul Al-Aziz wanted to gain much more territory and rule a huge portion of the Arabian peninsula. He could not do it immediately; one obstacle was the Ottoman...
In the foothills of the Zagros Mountains of Northeast Iran, there is a set of relief sculptures and a trilingual inscription on a high rock. The carvings are...
Crassatella antestriata was a species of mollusks that lived during these periods: Eocene: 54-38 million years ago Oligocene: 38-26 million years ago Miocene:...
Anchura mudgeana was a mollusk species of the Cretaceous period. Fossils of it have been found in Texas, for example in the Goodland Formation in Tarrant...
Heteraster mexicanum was a species of starfish that lived during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of it have been found in Texas. A photograph of this species...
Grebes are diving birds that mainly live in and around freshwater. However, they sometimes do some diving in the sea during the winter or while migrating....
As I mentione in another posting, grebes are members of a family of birds called Podicipedidae. In this message, I will discuss some species of grebes of the...
These are other fossil species of Grebes: [Note - There are specimens of the species in the Florida Museum of Natural History. Pliodytes lanquisti - Early...
These are other fossil species of Grebes: [Note - There are specimens of the species in the Florida Museum of Natural History. Pliodytes lanquisti - Early...
In 1868 a German clergyman named F.A. Klein discovered a basalt slab at Dibon, Jordan. This significant find is known as the Moabite Stone. It has the text in...
In a previous posting, I discussed the remains of the Moabite town of Lehun. In this one I will talk about a Moabite site at Khirbat Al-Mudayana in Jordan....
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