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Das Wollnashorn ist eines unserer besonderen Hingucker in der Ausstellung. 🦏🍃

Der zottelige Pflanzenfresser war hervorragend an ein kälteres Klima mit Minusgraden angepasst.
Ein tief hängender Kopf und hochkronige Backenzähne halfen ihm das harte Steppengras der Eiszeit zu verzehren.
Fossile Überreste sind auch viel aus den Rheinschottern in Rheinland-Pfalz bekannt. Beispiele kann man in unseren Vitrinen betrachten. 🦴

Frühe Jäger- und Sammlergruppen stellten das Wollnashorn sogar auf Höhlenmalereien dar.

Wer dieses Thema besonders spannend findet und zwischen 6-10 Jahre alt ist, kann ab jetzt auch schon für die Herbstferienforscher Dienstags, Mittwochs und Donnerstags von 9-12 Uhr zum Thema: "Jäger&Sammler" angemeldet werden unter der Nummer: 06131 122913. ⚒️

Ansonsten besucht uns doch gerne zu unseren regulären Öffnungszeiten und stattet unserem ausgestorbenen Wollnashorn einen Besuch ab. 🌿

Bild: nhmMz

#wildewelten #nhmmainz #wollnashorn #ausflugtipp #herbstforscher

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Este cachorro de Homotherium latidens, también conocido como "felino dientes de cimitarra", fue hallado en 2020 por excavadores locales que buscaban colmillos de mamut en el permafrost de la cuenca del río Badyarikha, en la región de Yakutia (Siberia, Rusia). Los excavadores dieron con los restos congelados mientras realizaban prospecciones de marfil de mamut, y posteriormente dieron aviso a los científicos. En noviembre de 2024, el mismo equipo de científicos publicaron un artículo del descubrimiento en la revista Scientific Reports.

El cachorro tenía unas tres semanas de edad al morir y conservaba intactos su pelaje oscuro, piel, las patas delanteras, bigotes, orejas pequeñas y parte del cráneo. Gracias al excelente estado de conservación del espécimen se ha descubierto que poseía adaptaciones especiales para el frío y la nieve, como patas delanteras ensanchadas y diferencias notables en el hocico y el cuello masivo en comparación con los leones actuales.

Es la primera vez que se estudia el aspecto externo y la anatomía blanda de un mamífero extinto que no posee análogos ni parientes vivos actuales, aportando datos clave sobre su evolución y ecología en la tundra-estepa.

#homotheriumlatidens #homotherium #гомотериум

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🦁 Today is #WorldLionDay, so lets's celebrate by talking about Panthera spelaea, also known as the "European Cave Lion" or "Steppe lion"! It is an extinct Panthera species that was native to Eurasia and northwest North America during the Middle to Late Pleistocene, with it going extinct ~13,000 years ago. The exact cause of their extinction is not entirely, though the combination of climate change, changes in megafauna prey abundance and competition with humans have been suggested as possible causes.

Cave Lions are closely related to the American Lion (Panthera atrox) and generally resembled living lions with a coat of yellowish-grey fur though unlike modern lions, males seemingly lacked the impressive mane as seen in cave paintings from Chauvet cave. There is some evidence of Cave Lions hunting & living in prides, at least on occasion. This is based on a cave painting which depicts 8 lions observing a herd of bison though again it's not entirely clear whether Cave Lions lived in small prides regularly or if they were more solitary.

This model was part of a special exhibit at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Japan @kahaku_nmns called "ICE AGE - Discover the World 40,000 Years in the Past" which featured a wide array of Pleistocene fauna. Got the chance to visit this special exhibition in September! 🦣

📸 @paleohyun
🦁 @_quagga

#cavelion #pantheraspelaea #pantheraspelaeaspelaea #lion

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Heeeey Peeps 💚
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Hope ya all kicking off this week the best way 🙌🏼 Took a little rest break 🙈 still recharging, but back on the app ✨
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How’s life treating you these days?
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Just a quick heads-up for you all 🦣
Step back in time and explore the Ice Age at the Museum am Löwentor!🤩 Check out these incredible lifelike mammoth models, wander through prehistoric landscapes, and discover the amazing world of Ice Age giants. ✨
Shoutout from me and my buddy! 🙌🏼😋
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#mammoths #iceage #stuttgartmuseum #timetravel #prehistoricvibes #museumday
#happynewweek #mammut #naturkundemuseumstuttgart #naturalhistorymuseum #mammoth #explore Heeeey Peeps 💚
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Hope ya all kicking off this week the best way 🙌🏼 Took a little rest break 🙈 still recharging, but back on the app ✨
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How’s life treating you these days?
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Just a quick heads-up for you all 🦣
Step back in time and explore the Ice Age at the Museum am Löwentor!🤩 Check out these incredible lifelike mammoth models, wander through prehistoric landscapes, and discover the amazing world of Ice Age giants. ✨
Shoutout from me and my buddy! 🙌🏼😋
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#mammoths #iceage #stuttgartmuseum #timetravel #prehistoricvibes #museumday
#happynewweek #mammut #naturkundemuseumstuttgart #naturalhistorymuseum #mammoth #explore

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Happy fossil- friday y‘all 😁
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A few weeks ago I visited the @naturkundemuseumkarlsruhe , where I explored the special exhibition “VERSAMMELT” (“Gathered”). The exhibition has been running since June 2025 and will continue until 13 September 2026, so there is still plenty of time to visit if you want to. I thought I would share this one with you all today! 🤩
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This is the fossil skull of a MERCK’S
RHINOCEROS 🦏
Baden’s former residents, an important find 👀
In 1802, workers along the Rhine-River, one of Europe’s longest rivers, came across this almost intact rhinoceros skull.
It was handed over to the cabinet of natural history, and is one of the best-preserved skulls of Merck’s rhinoceros in Europe. During the last warm period of the Pleistocene Era, these animals lived in places ranging from western Europe to eastern China. Merck’s rhinoceros went extinct at the beginning of the last ice age around 70,000 years ago.
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One detail I found especially interesting is that, in the 1840s, scientists actually competed for the opportunity to study this remarkable fossil. The German palaeontologist Hermann von Meyer eventually proved that it belonged to a Merck’s rhinoceros and not, as previously believed, a woolly rhinoceros. A species typical of the ice ages 🙌🏼
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Loved that! How about you, are you interested in all kinds of fossils, or do you mainly enjoy dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles?
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#fossilfriday #rhino #paleontology #naturalhistorymuseum #prehistoriclife Happy fossil- friday y‘all 😁
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A few weeks ago I visited the @naturkundemuseumkarlsruhe , where I explored the special exhibition “VERSAMMELT” (“Gathered”). The exhibition has been running since June 2025 and will continue until 13 September 2026, so there is still plenty of time to visit if you want to. I thought I would share this one with you all today! 🤩
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This is the fossil skull of a MERCK’S
RHINOCEROS 🦏
Baden’s former residents, an important find 👀
In 1802, workers along the Rhine-River, one of Europe’s longest rivers, came across this almost intact rhinoceros skull.
It was handed over to the cabinet of natural history, and is one of the best-preserved skulls of Merck’s rhinoceros in Europe. During the last warm period of the Pleistocene Era, these animals lived in places ranging from western Europe to eastern China. Merck’s rhinoceros went extinct at the beginning of the last ice age around 70,000 years ago.
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One detail I found especially interesting is that, in the 1840s, scientists actually competed for the opportunity to study this remarkable fossil. The German palaeontologist Hermann von Meyer eventually proved that it belonged to a Merck’s rhinoceros and not, as previously believed, a woolly rhinoceros. A species typical of the ice ages 🙌🏼
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Loved that! How about you, are you interested in all kinds of fossils, or do you mainly enjoy dinosaurs and prehistoric reptiles?
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#fossilfriday #rhino #paleontology #naturalhistorymuseum #prehistoriclife

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Initial biomechanical models in 2005 suggested Deinonychus had a relatively weak bite; just 15% as strong as a modern American alligator.

However, 2010’s analysis of tooth‐puncture marks in Tenontosaurus bones pushed that estimate up to 4,100–8,200 N, rivaling a similarly sized alligator and exceeding a hyena’s bite.

A 2022 study, using an actual Deinonychus skull, revised the figure downward to about 706 N (159 lbf), indicating earlier estimates may have been too high. Rather than crushing bone regularly, Deinonychus likely employed its bite for subduing or defending against prey and then dismembered carcasses with powerful neck‐pulling motions; much like today’s monitor lizards.

A 2024 comparison with other dromeosaurids confirmed its skull was highly specialised for active predation, though less resistant to force than scavenging relatives such as Velociraptor.

Model by: @_quagga

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Es sieht aus wie eine Mischung aus einem Gorilla, einem Faultier, einem Esel und einem Tapir. 🫏🦥
Heute ausgestorben aber vor 10 Millionen Jahren quietschlebendig, das Krallentier !
Dieses Bild ist entstanden im Mainzer Naturhistorischen Museum und die Rekonstruktion ist wie lebensecht kreiert von Ramon Lopez @_quagga.

Wusstet ihr, dass das Krallentier, Chalicotherium goldfussi damals 1833 als erstes Krallentier beschrieben wurde, mit Fossilien aus den Eppelsheimer Dinotheriensanden in der Nähe von Mainz. Mittlerweile kennt man mehrere Arten aus Euopa Afrika und Asien.

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It looks like a cross between a gorilla, a sloth, a donkey, and a tapir. Extinct today, but very much alive 10 million years ago: the Chalicotherium!🫏🦥

This picture was taken at the Natural History Museum in Mainz, and the lifelike reconstruction was created by Ramon Lopez @_quagga.

Did you know that the clawed animal, Chalicotherium goldfussi, was the first clawed animal to be described, back in 1833, using fossils from the Eppelsheim Dinotherium Sands near Mainz? Several species are now known from Europe, Africa, and Asia.

📍 @naturhistorisches_museum_mainz

#chalicotherium #krallentier #Paläontologie #johannkaup #chalicotheriumgoldfussi

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#FossilFriday Propalaeotherium voigti - fetus fossil (pregnant mare), partially covered with relics of the placenta!

Middle Eocene (44myo)
Found in Eckfeld (Germany) in 1991.
Similar fossil site like the famous Messel pit or Geiseltal - all 3 in Germany! With 2 other pregnant mares (from Messel) this individual represents the only known uteroplacentae of fossil mammals!

📍 @naturhistorisches_museum_mainz
original fossil in Maarmuseum Manderscheid

art/ models created by @_quagga

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Dieses Urpferdchen "Propalaeotherium voigti" ist eine trächtige Stute, sie starb mit einem ungeborenem Fohlen, vor 44 Millionen Jahren (Mittleres Eozän). Der Fund stammt aus Eckfeld in der Eifel. Diese Fundstelle ähnelt sehr der Fundstelle Geiseltal und Grube Messel: ähnliches Alter, ähnliche Paläoökologie, ähnliche Funde.
Es gibt 3 Fossilfunde von Säugetieren mit Plazenta - 2 aus der Grube Messel und dieses Exemplar aus Eckfeld, gefunden 1991. Das originale Fossil ist im Maarmuseum Manderscheid. Hier im Naturhistorischen Museum Mainz hängt diese Kopie.

#germanfossils #fossilwildlife #grubemessel #messelpit

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MOLA MOLA
Colaboració en el taller de @_quagga en la realització d,una escultura d,un peix lluna d,uns 3 m de grandària pel @nhm_abudhabi .
A que mola?
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#moonfish #molamola #nhmabudhabi

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🎁 Happy Holidays! This is a model of the largest deer species to ever walk the earth: Megaloceros giganteus! 🦌

Also known as the "Irish Elk" or "Giant Deer", Megaloceros giganteus lived across Northern Eurasia during the Pleistocene with it going extinct ~10,000 years ago though a small population in Russia persisted until as early as 7,700-7,600 years ago with it ultimately going extinct likely due to a combination of extreme climate change and hunting from humans.

Megaloceros was a giant, standing at about 2 meters tall at the shoulders (6 ft 7 in) and weighing anywhere between 450 to 700 kilograms (990 to 1,540 lbs) which makes it the heaviest known cervine, or "Old World Deer". M. giganteus also had a pair of large, palmate (flat and broad) antlers which measured at 3.5 meters long from tip-to-tip (11.5 ft) which are considerably larger than a moose's. The shape and span of the antlers varied significantly over time and space, likely reflecting some populations adapting to forested environments. Compared to Alces, Irish elk appear to have had a more robust skeleton, with older and more mature Alces skeletons bearing some resemblance to those of prime Irish elk, and younger Irish elk resembling prime Alces.

This model was part of a special exhibit at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno, Japan @kahaku_nmns called "ICE AGE - Discover the World 40,000 Years in the Past" which featured a wide array of Pleistocene fauna both extinct and extant. Got the chance to visit this special exhibition in September!

#megaloceros #megalocerosgiganteus #irishelk #giantdeer #deer #science #evolution #paleontology #prehistory #prehistoric #cenozoic #pleistocene #museum #iceage #japan #walkingwithbeasts #prehistoricplanet #prehistoricplaneticeage

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Una “animalada” al servei de la ciència ➡ Respondre que fas “mamuts llanuts” a qui et pregunta seriosament a què et dediques pot semblar una broma. Però és molt diferent ser un animal que fer l’animal. L’escultor Ramon López ho té clar des que va decidir viure, literalment, de fer l’animal.

🖊 Un article de @davidmontserrat amb 📸 fotografies de @jordiborrasfoto

Llegeix-lo a 🔗 lamira.cat/2584

#ofici #escultura #biologia #escultor #bioleg #historianatural #santmartisarroca #altpenedes #penedes #fotografia #periodisme #catalunya

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Hoy hemos inaugurado en el @marpa_cmadrid una impresionante #exposición sobre #félidos "dientes de sable" 🐅🐆 muy recomendable para todo el que quiera conocer el origen, evolución, comportamiento, anatomía funcional, ecología y extinción de estos fascinantes depredadores #palaeontology #Paleontología #exhibition #museum

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