Ophiojagtus acklesi
Etymology: Species named in honour of Texas-born actor Jensen Ackles; my wife urged me to do so.
it’s an extinct brittle sea star, these are the fossils:
this is a species from the same family that’s alive today:
Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Skulls of Marine Mammals (L to R)
- Bottlenose Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus
- Orca - Orcinus orca
- Dugong - Dugong Dugon
- West Indian Manatee - Trichechus manatus
- Steller’s Sea Cow - Hydromalis gigas
- Dwarf Sperm Whale - Kogia sima
- California Sea Lion - Zalophus californiaus
- Hooker’s Sea Lion- Phocarctos hookeri
- Minke Whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata
- Crab Eater Seal - Lobodon carinophagus
A rainbow arches over ripening fields of cane on Kauai’s eastern side, Hawaii, November 1977
~ Fish-shaped makeup palette.
Culture: Egyptian
Date: ca. 3000 B.C.
Place of origin: Nile delta, eastern (?)
Medium: Slate, green-gray.
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