Happy #SharkWeek!Yes, we MUST start our week off with Carcharocles (or Otodus depending on taxonomy!
Happy #SharkWeek!Yes, we MUST start our week off with Carcharocles (or Otodus depending on taxonomy!?) megalodon!A C. megalodon (Yes, we shorten the name, like T.rex!) tooth is one of the few objects that you can hold in your hand that strikes fear, fascination, & mortality into your very being.See this gorgeous illustration? Louis Agassiz, Swiss-American biologist and geologist is particularly known for his contributions to ichthyological classification, including extinct species. This C. megalodon drawing from his publication, Les Poissons Fossiles (2nd ), illustrated by Austrian artist Joseph Dinkel, depicts every line, detail & serration on the shark’s tooth. Early scientific illustrations as detailed as these are still extremely important, especially because specimens can become deteriorated or lost over time.If you are interested in this illustration (and MORE) from Les Poissons Fossiles, check out @biodivlibrary.Though C. megalodon is very, VERY extinct (YES, VERY MUCH DEAD!), its legacy lives on through science, illustrations, & our imagination.Megalodon : mineIllustration : mineMegalodon jaw photo: Wikipedia#wearestemsquad #womeninstem #louisagassiz #sciart #megalodon #sharks #drawing #scicomm #wearescience #tooth #fossil #museummonday (at Cleveland Museum of Natural History) -- source link
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