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Perhaps the most remarkable extinction was that of the Passenger pigeon. This was once the most abundant bird in N. America, numbering >3 billion.

Here it's shown in Audubon's Birds of America. Martha, the last specimen, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
https://t.co/t4DTwk2JOE

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2020-04-08

Tourmaline is a chemically complex group of silicate minerals. Mineral collectors appreciate the size & beauty of tourmaline crystals, making them some of the most hunted of the mineral world. The NYSM Mineral Collection has many important tourmaline specimens.

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2020-04-07

Day 7 of 'Famous archives'

The dodo is an iconic specimen , but it is believed that Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland,' was actually inspired by Jan Savery's 1651 painting of the infamous extinct species displayed in the Museum

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2020-04-07

The Missing Link - newly discovered. An early specimen of the genus 'English Buck' in his natural habitat, upon a horse, in a park on 7th April 1798. Displaying characteristics of the 'man of feeling' & donning a primitive hat, he also has distinctly modern dandy traits.

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2020-04-07

Oh no! Upon my herbarium travels I’ve also found a plant specimen that was ‘damaged by enemy action at British Museum on 10 September 1940’ (at https://t.co/0CKTOoJHdo)

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2020-04-06

Made a lil size diagram for the 4 dinos (All specimens here used for scaling were found in Britain, and the largest specimens of each respective genus)

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2020-04-05

For this weeks here is a lovely sketch that was probably used for teaching purposes. It's based on specimens collected by Lyell & figured by Bunbury. Miller illustrated the published text....but these are very much 🔍🎨🌿

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2020-04-04

Today, we are introducing a mystery specimen... starting out with with something we hope you'll be able to get all the family involved with.
What is this?

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2020-04-03

We've also put all the specimens that inspired the
collection into dataset
https://t.co/75DsS7uISm
Click 'go to resource' to view each insect.

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2020-04-03

Want to explore more? This specimen, # UF 155655, has been digitized for research and can be found on for zooming and twirling in 3D space: https://t.co/cscBgxhhSu
🐍 Or you can download the 3D files of body and/or skull. Look at these teeth!

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2020-04-03

a glorious specimen from the Barcelona zoo <3

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2020-04-02

I'm sure you can create a beautiful specimen for the rest of us to dream about....

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2020-04-02

Sea Life Specimens by Vlad Stankovic. Art via https://t.co/oK22m0GqzC.

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2020-04-02

What connects this plaster bust of James Edward Smith in collection and this specimen cabinet collection?

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2020-04-01

This is scaled to the largest known specimen of Deinonychus, MCZ 4371. It is not quite as large as a Jurassic Park raptor (partially thanks to proportion differences), but I have no doubt this thing could kill someone.

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2020-04-01

Quick reconstruction of the new dromaeosaurid Dineobellator notohesperus. I wouldn't be suprised if this ends up being a species of Acheroraptor (if not just a specimen of the type species).

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2020-03-30

For I present you these incredible associated skull (PMU-M3836) & mandible (PMU-M3837) of Yoshi minor I had the chance to scan in 🦁🇸🇪 This specimen of was found in late deposits in and described by Zdansky in 1924

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2020-03-28

How does a happen? This specimen is part of our online exhibition: https://t.co/0KH5ionmp6.

We hope you're and staying

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2020-03-27